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THE  LIBRARY 

OF 
THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 


K  PORT 


•rr.l.K  IATK  »\     AM)     DISTKIB1  T] 


IM'liLl 


J.    G.    AM  ES, 
A.    R.    SPOFFOR  D, 

1  .  r  ;  ; 

SPENCER     F.    BAIRI). 


\\  A  SHI2 


REPORT 


PUBLICATION      \\D    DISTRIBUTION 


PUI'.LK'   HOCUMENTS, 


SUBMimCD    I 


J.   G.    AM  ES, 

SlTKKIMKNhKNl     «JK     I  >f  KM   MKVI  *.     iM 


A.    R.    SPOFFORD, 

LIBRARIAN  or  CONGRBM, 


AM. 


SPENCER    F.    BAIRD, 

DMTAKl  "K  IMI   ^MII  M-..M  \\  INSTITI-T  • 


y   n-irn    4{A/>  /IB  HOUSE  OF  RMPRBHENTATJTtf 

ADOPTED  A  UOU8T  8.11M1| 


WASH  I  ETGTO 

BK>!  K  K  N  M  K  N  I     PRINTING  OPPICB. 


I7iil  <  ONOBE      .  •     II-  I 

\ 


l-i  i;l.i<   \TKiN  AM.  DI8TBIB1  MO  LI(    !>»' 


COMMUNICATION 

FROM 

.1.  i,.  \Mi;>.  si  l'i:i;l\TBNDENTOF  DOCIMI.YK  N.I'U'JMENT 
OF  Till;  IMi:i:i"i;.  A.  i;.  SPOFFORD,  l.li;i:\l: 
OFCONCltKSS,  MTOSPBNI  lil:  I.  l:\ll:l>. 
sl-i  KKTAin  n|   llll.>\lllllvi\ 

i\\  i\>nii  ii 

I\     t  ..MI-MAN.   I      \\I1M 

.1   rt-siilntiiHi  »/  (In    l/nnst  ,,/  /^j,,-.  *-,  ,,t<itive»  refatirt   to  ti  •  ttion 


I'M  i  tli.-  CMiiiiintT.  |   and   ordrml  to   be 

I.M- 


\\  L8HIHO  i"V   I  >.  <  ..   /' /   22,   : 

Sin:   Tin-  iimlrr.si^inMl.  in  r.un plianri-  \vjili  a  i«->.,lut in?j  of  tii.    II-  i^. 

of  BepresentatiTeA adopted  .\u^n>t  >.  is^j.  ;t>  juii,, 

3 

ti«-ii,  am!  '  I  >epnrtiu«Mit  ot'llx-  Int«-i  .  they 

•TC    ln-lrl>\  ,   rr«|Mi'Njt  i|    t lijiilr   till-   \-.\\\ 

jMintin^'  :in«l  iliNtnliiitinii  nf  piil.:  -  rnent 

showing  the  nambei  •  ]mnt<Ml  !••  .1  thf  first 

BM,  anil  in 

dis]H.siti<>n  din  iii:i<l<-  .-t    •• 

inatU-  in  tin-  iniiiil»iT  nt'siich  <1" 
coimnunil  :  •  pulilir  doeiUMBto  M  wUl  tan 

ami    siilniiit   I  li<-   -ii  .ill  •>('  a    lull    t<>  ; 

mentn;   and  tli.-y  >ha!l  r.-]'.»rt  t..  tin-  HHIIM-  at  tin-  1  • 

.•••tfully  suhliiit   lirrruilli  — 
I'irsi.   A  rnnipihitin  ii  laws  88  ar«'  ]»CMII:II 

thrir  ojxTMtioii    -n\  rl  lilliu    tin-  JH1!  -I   <1  l>t  II 1  Ml  t  loll  i»f    ]»l|li|jr  «1.H'II 

nn-nts.  \\itli  notes  euii'"<l\  m_  '1  "i  gonenU  interest 

illlr. 
ondly.    A  t;il»ul.r  -:\th 

S  .mil  nt'  tin-  first  session  of  tli. 

he  prints!    in  compliance  with    :  t  laws  already  in 

ami  <>!'  special    act>  or  i.  'lie  iiiiin- 

l»ei .  ilistriltutioii,  ami.  >o  :i  t'oiiml  : 

the  coxt  of  the  >a:m«.  together  \\ilh  the  iiuiniie!   to  \\lncli  each   BltM! 


2        PUBLICATION    A.N'D    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMEN1H. 

of  <  <  >n_:i  <•»  is  entitled,  and  the  surplus  reuiuiiiiug  after  the  distribution 
directed  has  been  made. 

The  committee  are  very  deeply  impressed  with  the  nutnlier  of  docu- 
ments printed  by  authority  of  Congress,  aggregating  for  the  Forty- 
sixth  Congress  2,324,254,  and  for  the  first  session  of  the  Forty-seventh 
Congress  l  ,.".."•  t.'.MT.  This  last  number  includes  tin  entire  edition  of  the 
Reports  of  the  Census,  estimated  as  containing  sixteen  volumes  be»i<l<  x 
the  Compendium.  It  does  not,  however,  include  the  volumes  of  the 
Records  of  the  Rebellion  subsequent  to  the  twelfth,  of  which  it  is  esti- 
mated that  there  will  be*  eighty-four,  nor  does  either  number  include 
reports  and  other  documents  printed  for  the  use  of  the  several  executive 
departments  and  offices  of  the  government,  the  expense  of  which  is  paid 
from  their  annual  appropriations  for  printing,  nor  the  fifty  copies  of  each 
document  printed  for  international  exchange. 

They  are  no  less  deeply  impressed  with  the  lack  of  system  and  economy 
in  the  distribution  of  these  documents.  The  one  reform  moat  essential 
to  secure  the  object  for  which  it  is  sup]>osed  public  documents  are  i»u.  .1 
is  the  decrease  of  the  number  of  agencies  by  which  they  are  distributed. 
Under  the  practice  now  prevailing,  nearly  all  documents,  whatever  may 
be  their  cost  and  value,  are  distributed  by  from  two  to  four  agencies, 
each  in  ignorance  of  what  the  others  art*  doing,  so  that  it  is  imposMMe 
but  that  to  no  Minall  extent  documents  are  sent  in  duplicate  and  tripli- 
cate to  the  same  parties. 

In  the  judgment  of  the  committee,  no  distribution  of  public  docu- 
ments entirely  satisfactory  will  be  accomplished  until  all  excepting  those 
required  for  official  use  are  distributed  by  a  single  agency,  which  can 
and  should  be  required  to  detect  and  prevent  duplications,  which  should 
be  held  to  a  strict  accountability  for  all  documents  intrusted  to  its  care, 
and  upon  which  all  orders  should  IM»  given  by  those  entitled  by  law  to 
direct  their  s]>ccific  distribution. 

It  is  not  believed  that  any  s|>ecial  inconvenience  would  attend  such  a 
system,  or  that  the  rights  and  privileges  of  any  party  would  be  infringed 
by  its  adoption.  An  approximation  to  this  system  was  made  at  the 
last  session  of  Congress  in  providing  for  the  distribution  of  the  whole 
edition  of  the  Rebellion  Record  and  of  the  re|»orts  of  the  Tenth  Cen- 
sus by  the  departments  from  which  they  respectively  emanate.  The 
results  of  this  departure  from  the  methods  hitherto  in  force  will  he  of 
Npeeial  interest  in  their  hearing  upon  this  question. 

The  establishment  of  a  single  agency  for  this  work  would  very 
greatly  subserve  the  public  convenience,  as  it  would  MOO  come  to  be 
recognized  as  the  source  from  which  information  in  regard  to  any  and 
all  documents  could  IK*  readily  secured,  and  the  party  with  whom  most 
of  the  correspondence  relating  to  the  subject  should  i»«-  conducted. 

Very  serious  inconvenience  is  now  e\|>erienced  by  many,  especially 
scientists  and  other  students  and  librarians,  in  obtaining  definite  infor- 
mation as  to  particular  documents  desired,  and  often  not  until  pro- 
tracted correspondence  has  transpired,  if  at  all,  is  such  information 
gained. 

PUBLIC    LIBRARIES. 

In  the  distribution  of  documents,  the  most  prominent  place  should  be 
given  to  public,  university,  and  college  libraries.  All  the  large  libraries 
of  the  country  are  )>ermanent  institutions,  and  in  their  possession  docu- 
ments are  of  manifold  and  continuous  service,  as  they  are  there  made 
accessible  from  year  to  year  to  the  public.  4 

In  the  judgment  of  the  committee,  no  argument  is  needed  in  sup|>ort 


PUBLIOATK  <>N  OF  iTiiur   U«MI:MKXT> 

>>'  til--  proposition  ii..u  del  iiouid  be mad<  ('••!  tin* regular 

-npp!1.   MI  ..I!  tin    i  ,I1(|  nit),  all  tin-  (Mililirat 

are  issu«  p-uth  to  month. 

!-••  in  tin-  ii  .:iiih-«i  I,,  ,-,|  I,,    in. 1. 1.-      it  ||  ,,ul 


!ii<>-'-  ordered  h  •  nt  IHIM.IH-I  *i,.ili.  i.\ 

;.  MI  ;.....-.  t..  I*?  forwarded 

ill".  n  rlirii    puMir.it  i.,  n  in  siirh    lilii.uif*ji  an  friiin  lln-n   pHimitu'iMie 
i-nt  ill.  <l  :lnix    puttiii-    tin-in    in    PM~  -, 

ill      <  •!•'     MM.  (I.-  •   I      III.  .11     •  oinp.   !1|||-     till 

wait,  as  is  no  ih«-  «-.»-.-.  t  ........  nth  <\<-ar»a(ti 

pill.  >•  litiiclit  '  IM  in.    l! 

ill  M|   tl.ix. 

;•••!  Mi'iMii  \  it  h.i-  ln-i-ii  tniiiK!  i  in.  ij,  i]  lilmirMW 

<•('    tin-  rniintrx    lint    IIIMII-   til.  ill   MM,  -il|»|i|n-i| 

«l..riiiii,-!i!  v  pui.hvi,,  ,  >iiu-  iinlifatm 

mportanoe  of  some  penimuenl  provision  ol  laf  in  the  i   •• 
INI  in  l|n\\  <»t   (In*  d( 

•  •I  put.  IK-  diM-iiHM-iiis  in  .  <i  Mt  IUM  .it  large 

\  hirii  \\.i\  e  been  imii'-i  t.i  ^-m  th- 
jnnl  Ifiaoellaneoos  Doeomentft,  aod   i1  ^ot'ilM 

IMHI-.  :nl   (In-  <  ' 

l'.\     tin-  rXliMlNinii   M|    llir    I.I'-'  il    IHIIlll" 

docnmenta  ordered  b  BM,thc«e  depositories  will  heiwAei 

<Mi|>Kvx  Mt  .ill  xii.-ii  poblk  •     ugrees. 

\M  iiimtatiMii  jx  IIM\N  ini|M»xrii  i  iy  \\iiirii  tin-  •  i.  ill  and 

IIIIIMI|.MI  tilllt    lilt)  In-   |>H-\r||t«'<l.        It    IN    tllMll^ht     h,  tiilf 

iiat  :i  iiiiiiininiii  limit   ;i^  tutln-   -  library  rntitliMl   t«.   -u.-l. 

slinlllil    hi  M|||\    tl 

M|       M-rin:ilM-|lci-   s|i;ill    lu-cniiK-   I|«-M. 


•  <.i:K88IONAL   RECOKh. 

01   ;ill  tin-  |  MI  Mirations  c.t'  tin-  -nvi-ni  nil-lit    tin-  Ooogmi  «*onl 

i-  |.iM!..iiil\  tin-  MIL-  tin-  po88e8sion  of  \\lnrh  \\Miii.i  i»«.  most  priced  by 
liluM  !  in  \\hii-ii  iim>t  tViMjiirnt  reference  would  be  made  i. 

JMlblif.        Witll   tlHM'Xcrj.tinli,  lm\\ 

;IIH!  <>t'  tin-  I1  i  Inmi's.  n«>  |>IM\  ixion  of  la\\  n< 

for  the  aasored  ^np|>i\  nt  \\\\^  \  ;iin.i!.!r  li.iruiiM-nt  in  an\  ^m^lr  library. 

Whl'tlMT   lllU'Ml  «»1     ||M!     .  |,  j  •.-  IH  |x    UpOIl    t  ll«'  ilr! 

.  l.\    \\linin    almi.  .  •    a8   abovr  lintel,  th:- 

-l-;illli!nllNl\  ilistliliilt.  (I. 

Tin-   nmnlM-rnt'  lihrarirs   in   iv-nlar   receipt  nf  thi^   woil, 
in-l\   small.      As  a  n-sult  nt'  impi  t  has  been  foiiini 

example,  that  of  twenty  a  •  and  Territorial  libr.in«'H  i. 

only  eifht,  :iml  of  thm-  liuinlml  an-1  tmt\  nthi-r  lil.ran.-s  ,-«,nt.»iniiij: 
,-acli  :..niii»  irolamea  or  nmn-,  only  x,.\nit\  tour.  !  i  ;ive  received  complete 
..f  th«-  Krronlofthr  I'MI[\  >i\iii  <oiigress.  Not  Ijin^'  roiild  more 


ronrlusix  rly  >ho\\   tin-  inipnrtanr.  B  ai-timi   l»\  Congres^ 

in-  tor  the  regular  -iil>p'\   "'    this  \\,.rk.  imt  only  to  State  an-i 

H;I   ilso  to  other  lib'rarit's—al    h-ast   to  tin-  depositories  of  pu  Mir 


•»it   also  to  other  libraries — at   1.  -lie  depositories  of  public 

<lnriiiiirnfs  in  tin-  sexvral   States  ami  Territories. 

CONGBE88ION  M     <  • !  <  »BE. 


In   this  coiiuet-tion    thr  cnniniittiM'  .-all   th.-   MM  vial  attention  of  the 
Housr  to  tin'  o<hl  vohmirs  nt'  th.-  ^sim,al  CHobe  purchased  sev- 


4        PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS 

rial  years  Mince  from  Messrs.  Hives,  and  now  in  the  care  of  the  Public 
Printer.  These  aggregate  about  60.000  volumes.  Of  this  collection  the 
Public  Printer,  in  his  Annual  Heport  for  1878,  says,  "only  two  complete 
nets  of  the  Globe  are  on  hand":  and,  after  stating  the  expense  of  reprint- 
ing a  sufficient  number  of  the  missing  volumes  to  make  five  hundred 
complete  sets,  he  adds,  "  it  will  be  perceived  that,  unless  a  reprint  is 
had.  the  volumes  on  hand  are  almost  valueless, except  for  waste  paper." 
And  in  his  report  for  1880,  again  recurring  to  the  subject,  he  remarks: 

It  if*  rrsjMTt  fully  submit NM!  for  the  consideration  of  CoBfNM.  that  should  it  be  de- 
termined not  to  direct  a  Kiifficient  number  of  volume*  to  be  printed  to  make  a  « peri- 
lled number  of  seU,  then  to  authorize  the  sale  of  the  odd  volume*,  bound  and  unbound, 
at  public  auction  to  the  highest  bidder,  a*  watte  paper. 

In  the  judgment  of  this  committee,  however,  this  will  be  a  most  un- 
wise disposition  to  make  of  these  volumes.  They  form  a  most  valuable 
collection  from  which  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  public  libraries  of  the 
country,  and  if  Congress  does  not  deem  it  expedient  to  incur  the  large 
expense  involved  in  reprinting  the  missing  volumes,  the  odd  volumes  on 
hand  should  be  used  for  this  purpose.  An  op|>ortiiuity  is  now  afforded 
for  adding  to,  if  not  completing,  a  large  numl>er  of  sets  of  the  Globe  in 
the  large  libraries  of  the  land,  which  will  probably  never  again  occur, 
and  the  committee  know  of  no  disposition  that  can  lie  made  of  these  odd 
volumes  more  judicious,  involving  as  it  does  comparatively  little  expense, 
and  avoiding  the  multiplication  of  broken  sets. 

I.VplirN  to  ir:<|iiirir>  ;uliln-  ill  tin-  principal  libraries  of  the 

country  disclose  the  following  facts:  That  of  twenty-six  State  and  Terri- 
torial libraries  re]K>rting,  only  four  contain  complete  sets  of  the  Globe; 
of  three  hundred  and  forty  other  libraries, containing  em-h  .~».<HNI  volumes 
or  more,  only  two  possess  complete  set*.  There  are  probably  a  few 
other  complete  sets  in  libraries  from  which  no  returns  have  been  re- 
ceived. 

Most  of  these  libraries,  however,  contain  partial  sets,  many  with  but 
few  missing  volumes,  any  addition  to  which  will  be  highly  prized. 

To  add  to  already  existing  collections  for  the  purpose  of  making  them 
more  complete,  rather  than  to  increase  the  number  of  partial  sets,  is  by 
far  the  wisest  policy  to  pursue  in  the  disposition  of  these  documents. 

With  this  end  in  view,  the  draft  of  a  joint  resolution  is  herewith  sub- 
mitted, providing  for  their  distribution,  and  for  the  supply  hereafter  to 
State  and  Territorial  libraries,  and  to  depotitorim  of  public  dormm-m  •*. 
of  the  Congressional  Kecord,  which  is  commended  to  the  favorable  con- 
sideration of  Congress. 

The  section  providing  for  the  future  supply  of  depositories  with  the 
Kecord  involves  the  printing  from  stereotype  plates  of  only  450  copies 
additional  to  those  already  provided  for  by  law,  while  its  adoption  will 
relieve  members  of  Congress  of  all  care  and  res|»onsibility  as  to  these 
libraries,  and  save  for  other  disposition,  to  such  as  are  accustomed  to 
supply  them,  their  copies  of  the  Hecord,  which  would  otherwise  be  sent 
to  these  dejiositories. 

REDUCTION   OF   NUMBER   OF   PUBLIC   DOCUMENTS. 

It  is  the  opinion  of  the  committee  that  the  laws  governing  the  print- 
ing and  distribution  of  documents  may  be  so  modified  as  materially  to 
diminish  their  number,  without  detriment  to  any  public  or  even  private 
interest.  An  examination  of  the  laws  and  table*  herewith  submitted 
shows  that  the  regulHr  editions  of  the  Congressional  documents  of  the 
Forty-sixth  Congress,  comprising  Journals.  Executive  and  Misoella- 


!T|<,l.irAT10N    A  Miff    OF    |M   I'.I.K      DO  5- 


neoui  i>..eiim.-n:  <  ',,11,  unit,.,-,.  .u,d  *  »  Htlgmrnt  of  M 

•  III.!    hoelimelils.   |  >V   ailtlionf  \    of  ]  , 

amounted  .0     Volumes;     ,,t      th,  ,,  .     tin-     ••;.    -i.d     flUlulier** 

•iinc  -I  volume*,  while 

ML-  i  •'.uiiifii,  in  Hi;  i-  1     up  Dl 

Execute.   l  >-  j.  ii  intents  and  office*  of  the  .-.i  over  and 

alioN.-  thos,-   llielnde.l    iti    tin-   "Uftlia]   immlMT."       ll   doe*     i     t  .  ||O  We  V. 

elude  the  00  copies  of  each  punted  tor  inteinatio. 

•  ••Ill  i  -     isxiH-d     I  IV    tin-    s«.\,-|.ll    e\,  •• 

!lieilt>   nt     the  HOM-I  1  1  llieli  t.   so  that    till-   III!  Ill  I  MT  stated    I-  milrli    In-lo 

illi.illMt     j.l     lit.-.l. 

•  l.-lr..-t..|    Hi   EH 
lllllMUIII.l  :  lllllMMlliil    dnrlliiP 

iiiiMiiiitr.l  n>  "MI  pagt^i  ea< 

"M  as  w}V8t<-  p.ii 

•  >!    ti  ugreWi  Will  ;nin»init  In  imt  !••-. 

it  HIM-  i  uiii  inn-  in  force. 

OD    f"    tln^    inatti-i  .  .IH    if    ««.••!! 

tlimi  tic-  <•  .should  IK*,  ami    in  i    IM-,  n-adil> 

omes  more  iiiii»<>rt:iMt  m 

arti«-  last  SeftHi.ui  tin-  ••  Usual    Minn 

turn:  '  ongresi,  whether  by  i  •  law  or  H|iecial  reao- 

lutioii.  will  IM-H-,  iltcr  IM-  j.i-in;. 

uiriuoiis  and  niii-  ii  reports  of  the  Geological  801 

"f  I'.tl  .....  logy,  ;ind  all  othn-  \.dimbln  ami  costly  pn 

\\ill   In-   i.ssin-d    in   lar.ur«-   iiuinlMTs  in   tmU.im.i    I'onii. 
clian  .'Ic  in  the  lau   -..v»-i  uni:  this  m.,: 

'I'ln-  «  Miiimittcc  are  awan-  that 
mittees  of  -Congress,  and  to  ui:in  :i\rand  Mincellai..    i    i- 

iiH-ir  ';j«Mit.iiit    that    tli.-\   -h:dl    In-  in    th«-  li.in-U  of  UHMiiln  : 

;hr  rarlieM   p 

I'.ilt    ill  ir>|M-rt    t«i  tin-  sririititir    JiilliliiMl  :  llllli'lit  .  :ilnl 

tn  Mirh  Annual  L'<-]».i  t  »  «'|    tin-  K\eruti\»  ;i«-uts  as  form  each  a 

•  air  and  rutirt-  volui:  -ulnuit  ;»••!  th.it    I!M-    in  ;••!  '  •!•  !.»  •    •  s^en- 

ti;il  to  binding  wiudd  not  mati-i  -iallv  n  idir<-  h-_ 

In  rninjiliancc  with   in-t  met  i«.ns  roiitai-  :lit-   resolution  of  the 

lloii-e  aiipoiiitiiiu-  this  roiuiuittei',  th«  hill  is  herewith  sab- 

mined.  em!>od\  ii  h.Teini-.  iiressed  reganlin-  t  h«- 

jirintiiiL:  and  distriluitimi  "t   d*M-iiineiit8. 

In  this  hill  the  eomniittee  have  sought  toeondiitu-  and  unif\  th- 
l:i\\>  now  in  foree  |»r«'\  idim:   tor  the  rr-ular  editions  «>f  <  - 
<loeunients.  and  t<»  make  -udi  n-duetimis  in  the  numlier  of  the  name  as 
seeinr.l  .  -\pedient. 

llv  it  all  ainhi-uitv  in  the  law  e.stablishin^  depositories  of  puMir  . 
unients  |s  reiimved. 

l'i-o\  ision  is  made  that  at  sueli  d  dl  important  puhlie  d.H-. 

unients  shall  l»e  found,  so  tli.  .  iti/en  may  Iteassareil  Uirtt  at 

•  lepositm-y    in    his  di-tnet    In-   ma\    tind.  and    be  able  to  consult  free  of 
fhnr^e.  :in\   doeunient  in  whieh  he  is  interest,  -d. 

l'io\]simi  is  furtliennore  made  that  puld:- 

of  documents,  containing  .oiumes. 

shallhe  in    like  manner  supplied    with    the  .lour  ongresv 

Annual  KVpoit  |  •>{'  the  se\er.i  !  and  officeso!"  the 

inment,  and  with  pulilieatimis  nf  a  »  .  harai-t. 

i    nt  'Col  1  lies,-    document-  spreial    V.lllle  t«»  ill  if 

t-mh:  '.  ill  the  lirst  plaee.  .1   sii,-,-inet   sTaT-imMit  of  the  pn» 


f;        PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

• 

feedings  of  Congress;  secondly,  a  detailed  history  from  year  to  vear  of 
the  operations  of  all  the  departments  of  the  government;  and,  thirdly, 
the  results  of  those  investigations  in  the  several  departments  of  sc i«  n« , 
which  have  been  conducted  under  the  authority  and  at  the  expense  of 
the  government. 

That  these  provisions  may  not  increase  the  exj>ensi  of  printing  to  the 
government,  the  number  of  Journals,  Annual  Reports  of  Departments, 
and  the  Abridgment  of  Messages  and  documents,  is  reduced  much  below 
the  number  now  published. 

Had  the  provisions  of  this  bill  been  applicable  to  the  documents  of  the 
Forty-sixth  Congress,  the  number  of  volumes  of  Executive  documents 
and  Abridgment  would  have  been  nearly  1(10,000  less  than  were  printed, 
while  of  those  delivered  in  tinlx >n ml  form,  and  in  large  measure  wasted, 
there  would  have  been  bound,  and  so  saved  for  permanent  use,  nearly 
<H),UOO  volumes.  The  number  of  volume* of  the  first  session  of  the  Forty- 
seventh  Congress  similarly  saved  would  not  be  less  than  50,000. 

In  regard  to  the  supply  of  the  executive  departments  of  the  govern 
me  nt  with  sets  of  documents,  it  has  seemed  best  to  the  committee  to 
provide  in  the  bill  for  a  duplicate  set  for  the  general  library  of  each  de- 
partment, leaving  it  to  the  several  departments  to  order  such  additional 
sets  as  each  should  deem  necessary  for  the  use  of  ita  subordinate  burnt  ill 
and  offices,  the  expense  of  the  name  to  be  paid  from  its  appropriation 
for  printing,  the  only  exceptions  to  this  rule  being  the  import. mt  libra- 
ries of  the  Patent  Office  and  the  Surgeon  denei-al's  Office* 

I'AMPIILKT   LAWK. 

The  committee  think  that  a  reduction  can  pro|»erly  IH»  made  in  the 
number  of  copies  of  pamphlet  laws  issued,  and  submit  draft. of  a  joint 
resolution  embodying  such  reduction,  and  also  modifying  existing  lawn 
regulating  their  distribution  and  the  d attribution  of  Statutes  at  Large, 
the  object  being  the  prevention  of  duplication  by  charging  a  single 
office  with  the  distribution  of  the  entire  edition  ordered  for  this  purpose. 

Thin  resolution  reduces  the  miml>or  of  pamphlet  laws  to  lie  printed 
about  1 5,0(10  copies  j»er  session,  10.0(10  of  which  an*  those  sent  in  bulk 
to  the  governors  of  the  several  States  and  Territories  for  their  distribu- 
tion, which  supply  it  is  deemed  expedient  to  discontinue. 

PUBLIC   DOCfMKNTS   FOR  SALK. 

The  existing  provisions  for  the  stile  of  documents  are  very  unsatisfac- 
tory; so  impracticable,  indeed,  that  very  few  avail  themselves  of  them. 
It  is  only  by  ordering  in  advance  of  publication,  and  paying  the  esti 
mated  cost,  that  public  documents,  with  few  exceptions,  can  now  be 
purchased  directly  from  the  government.  Occasionally  a  small  edit  ion 
of  a  document  has  liecn  ordered  by  Congress  for  sale,  either  by  the 
Public  Printer,  or  by  some  office  of  the  government,  but  as  for  the  great 
mass  of  documents  printed  no  op)»ortunity  is  a  Horded  for  their  purchase, 
while  undoubtedly  there  are  many  citizens  and  institutions  that  would 
rather  buy  such  documents  as  they  desire  than  beg  them  from  members 
of  Congress  or  officers  of  the  government. 

The  committee  are  convinced  tluit  some  more  practical  method  for 
supplying  such  parties  with  public  document*  should  be  adopted,  and 
that  op|M>rtiinity  should  l»e  afforded  for  the  purchase  of  any  publication 
of  the  government  so  long  as  the  edition  of  the  same  printed  remains 
unexhausted. 


I'l  I'.I.H  •  i  iii.n     IM.I 


Tin  :^h.-d    |i\ 

Hie  i..elllMe|ltx       .lllfll'. 

upon   II,  ea  ul    tli.-  -..x.-riimrni    i.t    Mln. 

M-h  M  in  MM?  i.-.pnmd  for  strictly  official  use.    It  "ill 
not  i...  Deceaaftry  tor  aa  edition  ••• 

dmplj  i  ueiit  Khali 


to  lell  an\  dooumeot  i.  wheimrer  be  him  an  order  for  anv 

•.  !«»  make  i  the  name  tip"  n  n..-  -.M...  •  -\  which  ft 

la  printed,  if  n  i-  n..t  ;.li.  -.,.!>  m  hi-  .  h.up-.     T,,  tin-  ,.,i. 

i.  in  tli.  <t  ili.-  .-..111111111.  -.-.  *ii..nld  lie  rommitiiM  all  doe- 

nieni>  u  In,  -I.  i   Mile,  jnMe.e 

depart  m< 
ment 
In  tin  I  ieraf  greater  unity  and  system  are  tnti 

I  In-  ..iii,-,-i  x|,.,iiM  |>e  reqtiire<l  to  give  bond-  nmk<*  an 

itemized  repo  '  ongreas,  tin-  ;  I  *.ii.-«.  ..i  ..Mime, 

to  In-   |i:inl    into  the    i  i.-.i- 


I  lie   r,  .mm  •    ..II  .-MI|MH|\  m-    tllPIF 

\  i«-\\  x  in  tli,    prcinisf.s.  the  :ulnptinii  nt  \\  ln<  -h.  i1  -A-  ill  tiili- 

pl|l>l  tli.i     .itL.l.i     .ill     t  !  '     tin- 

pun  i  HI  I  the  document-  -•n.-  e.m  «l.-v 

it-  pi-..\  i-inns  ;«,-,jin  rceof  law,  arnuigetnenu  can  very 

lie,  e8peciall>  lihr.iriem,  aa  t«»  t  In- 


n-;i.lil\  he  in  iitMiimiiu  the  puh 

«-h;u  .iet.  -rand  cost  <*t  <I,M  nm.  .•  ifuiued  t'roin  inniith  to  month, 

one  result  <>t  \\  Inch  \vmihi  ,h.uhtleH8  be  an  iiicrea.Hin_  •!•  in.m.i  t<>r  them 


It  ix   not   thought  \\Mith  ulnh-   i«\   t'n.    .•••riini.it.-.    tO  diSOOM  the  OIM*- 

:  i"M  ,.t  limit  iii_  :  ni.  in  .it        umentrt  and  of  substi- 

tuting th.-ir  -  >  place,  as  the  Kent  mien  t  «»f  Congress  aeemn  en  m.l\ 

opposed  tO  S«'  ;i  eh:in-e;    hut    MM    BeriOUfl    -•''•-  ft  iODII  tO   the 


01  IK  i  \i    i'«"  i  HBHT0  "i     i  in     r.Ki  i  1-11   I-\I:I.IAMJ 


The  tolh.wini:   intoi  inati.ui    re^mlm 

Uritish  Parliament  is  >nl»mitted  as  bein-  nt  inter.-  liearing 

the  siihjert   under  00 

There  is  no  ^yatemi  ntnnx  d,  m  or  ..tin-;.d  p.ip.-i^. 

M  prevails  here,     it  .  me  extent  t.,nn.  ri\.  Un  h.ixi., 

narroni'd  ot'  late  with  a  view  of  eiittinur  «h»\\  n  the  l.n  -»•  e\jM-nditn: 

printing:  and  eases  occur  of  ur<»\  eminent  departments  having  to  pm 
ohaae  papen  t..r  then-  ..un  r. 

•  •ne  «if  the  u<i\eininei  ich  as  (  i  <  >fHce  ami 

the  I'.oaid  nt  Tiade.  «  •nit.'iixK  certain  d-M-imn-nt-  t«»  the  foreign 

minixt,-r>  in   London,  to  the  ('hamln  >      umerce,  and  to  the  most 

prominent  iie\vxp;ip, 

.MemlM'K  are  now  mdv  entitled   to  ,  of  «»udi 

sented  to  rai-iiainent  ;  aomeof  these,  however,  are  no4  distrOmted,  Md 

can  be  Obtained  on  members  applj  -hem.       \  not  ie«-  **\  Midi  unde- 

livered panel  D  in  the  l>aily  \.  .tes  and  !  -»OSe. 

()nl\   in  respect  to   the 
r\tra  coj.ies—  these  they  can  .-other:  il«e. 

The  pa|>er>  nsibly  printed  lor  the  UM-  «•!  the  House  and  pi 

il.-partin.  -Tnirk  ot!  "lie  pnl»l 

in  in  1^ 

There  are   tour  different    priuteis  e:uplo\,-d:    H.III  Hani,  for  thet.om- 


8        PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF   PUBLIC   DOCUMENT**. 

IUUU8'  pa  pern  ;  Eyre  &  Spottiswoode,  for  the  Lords'  papers ;  Harri- 
son, for  the  diplomatic  paper**  emanating  from  the  foreign  office ;  and 
Nielmlls  for  the  u  Daily  Votes  and  Proceedings."  Then  are  likewise 
government  printers  at  Edinburgh  and  Dublin  for  papers  relating  to 
those  parts  of  the  Ignited  Kingdom. 

The  order  for  printing  rests  with  the  Speaker,  through  the  librarian, 
and  the  printing  committee  appointed  by  the  House. 

A  complete  set  of  Commons'  PUJKTH  can  be  subscribed  for  at  the  rate 
of  £12  12*.  i>er  session,  payable  in  advance.  This  for  delivery  in  town; 
•  •Mia  for  the  country  and  for  abroad. 

The  Daily  Votes  and  Proceedings  cost  £2  10*.  per  session. 

The  Journals,  10*.  annually. 

The  I/ords1  papers  cost,  sessional ly,  £8  8*.  for  town  delivery. 

The  Daily  Minutes  cost  £2  10*.  per  session. 

The*  Lords'  Journals  are  not  sold,  but  copies  can  be  obtained  through 
I>eers. 

The  scale  price  of  pap«-i  -  on  sale  to  the  public  is  at  the  rate  of  Id.  p«-i 
folio  sheet;  and  when  there  arc  plans,  at  the  rate  of  &/.,  tk/.,  or  1*.  ca<  li. 
extra. 

The  Debate*  of  Parluimcnt  are  published  as  a  private  venture  by  Mr. 
Hansard,  the  government  recompensing  him  by  taking  a  number  of  cop- 
ies tor  official  and  departmental  use.  )>esides  granting  him  an  annual 
subsidy  of,  it  is  lielieved,  £2,OOO.  "//fiH«<ir<fx  lh-lnii<*w  is  the  only 
complete  form  in  which  the  discussions  in  Parliament  appear,  and  the 
work  is  looked  U|M>II  as  official.  The  sketches  are,  revised  by  the  authors. 
The  subscription  is  £5  .M.  JMT  session. 

IH  I. AN     IN    lilMUMi     UKSKRVKI)   COl'IKS. 

It  is  \n  v  much  to  be  regretted  that  the  documents  "  reserved  for 
binding,"  which  embrace  the  copies  sent  to  <li-p<^it.«i  ies  of  documents 
throughout  the  c«)untry,  should  be  so  long  detained  at  the  Government 
Printing  Office. 

A  numlier  of  the  documents  of  the  Forty-sixth  Congress  are  still  un- 
l>ound,  while  very  few,  if  any,  of  those  of  the  Forty-seventh  Congress 
are  ready  for  distribution,  not  even  the  Annual  Ke|M>rtA  of  the  Execu- 
tive Departments  of  the  government. 

It  is  not  surprising  that  libraries  and  other  institutions,  entitled 
under  the  law  to  receive  them,  become  impatient  of  such  delay,  and  are 
disposed  t«»  criticise  the  methods  that  obtain  in  public  business. 

Whether  the  cause  of  this  delay  is  to  be  found  in  deficient  appropria 
tious  or  elsewhere,  the  committee  an*  unable  to  determine.    Congress  ran 
undoubtedly  remedy  the  evil,  and  secure  the  prompt  binding  of  docu- 
ments after  they  are  printed,  instead  of  their  being  stored  and  retained 
in  unbound  form,  for  months,  if  not  years,  at  the  Printing  Office. 

SURPLUS  DOCUMENTS. 

Tin-  accompanying  tables  show  that  after  the  quota  of  the  several 
documents  to  which  each  member  of  Congress  is  entitled  has  been 
assigned,  then'  remains  a  large  number  of  surplus  copies,  aggregating 
for  the  Forty-sixth  Congress  27,814  volumes.  Some  of  these  documents 
an»  doubtless  required  for  the  use  of  the  several  offices  of  the  two  houses 
of  Congress:  but  after  all  these  requirements  are  satisfied,  many  doc- 
uments an*  probably  left  for  whose  distribution  no  provision  is  made. 

It  is  suggested  that  such  surplus  documents  lie  transferred  to  the  De- 


II  I.LK  A!  IM\    AND    DISTRIBUTE  DOCUMJ 


ihr  Inteiim   t..i    di-:iiiiiiimn    to  public   h  l.i  a  lie*  and  < 
institution-.    in-tead  of    hfin^   allotted    tn    accii  111  ii  la  t  e    in    the 
room-  n|  tin-  <  'apitnl. 

CONCLUSION. 

Ill   CMiiclllMnli.  I  he   <  nmillltteO  lM5g  tO  8Sy  that    the\    li.i\.-i:..:    deemed    if 

•  <  nmiin-nd  an\  redioftl  departure  firom  tin-  e\i.stmx  >\>i«-m  «»f 

dl-p<  publie    donmients.       The\     ha\c    >«.il-lit     t 

uiiiiN  the  latts  relating  to  the  subject,  to  reduce  M  ibr  M  teemed  • 

!ir;ih|r   I  he   ]|  II  Illl  >r|    «»t     i  li  irli  inrlil  N   |.»   IM-   JUllltnl    Illidrl    pm\  •     |;i\v 

<-(Hl!illll(.ll>    III    Illfll    npi-|;ilin||.    t<»    p|r>i-|||      i  II  1  1  Mil  1.  1  1  ln||    \\|i|r||    ||||_'||t     |»!<». 
Mintr     Illilirlnll^     Ic-  I  -  1:1  1  l«  »ll     III     t  I  ir    II  I.I  I  I  ••!    nl     v  p,  ,•  ;  .  ,  |    ,  ,  , 

•  inriiiiii-ni-.  in  provide  I«M  MM-  oertaio  ^n|»pi\  in  tin-  |.iinci|..ii 

nf   tin-    <-niintr\    nt'   ilurilliH-liI-    plIlittMl    ;it     J  Ml  1  .1  ir  i-  \  p.-n>r,  and 

III    II    IIIIIIIIHT  cnliXCIlirlit    !<»|      (lie     I'llMT.    tn  I  il.ii 

tinn    ;inil  >al.-.  NU  l.ir  M   llii^  «';ni    !>«•   dmic.  \\itlmnt    M-niiin^  t4»   inl: 
tin-    pn\     -  iiiriiilu-rs  nf  <  'nn^ir>s  and   others,  and   thn- 

\\a-h-  nl  <lnc  iinir  nt  s  1  •  \  d  ii  pi  ica  t  ion.  ai  :i<-  more  ade<pia 

•  -ss  <>t'    tin-  (lispn>itin||    !na<l«-  nt'    pllhlir  dnn  |  nuMltS. 

lii  H  rom  n  lending  that    this  di>t  rilnition.  M>  i 

dii'rctinii  ;.  in-  made  !>v  tin-   I  >«-pai  t  im-nt  of  tin-  .  tin- 

rnininittrc    ha\r    in   view  the  fact     that    l»\    act   «»t    Oongr66fl  Baid    d«- 
incut    i>alicad\   must  it  ill  cd    tin-   ••iixi.Mliaii    and    d  iM  i  ilmtcr  ot    all  dncii 
im-iit-  not   vpccjlicallv  nrdcu-d  f<>r  (  $ODgr€8CI  ('i    t«n   any  rxccut  i\  «•  depart- 
ment nt'  the   -«.\  ei  nineiii.  and  that   mnin>are   provided  for  their  recep- 
tion, and  that  an  otlic.  .  and    lia^  Ion-  (-\i>ted.  pmpnly  e<piii 

fnr  I  he  saiMactniy  ]•<  00  "f  tlii>  \\nrU. 

The  utili/ation  of  this  office  \\ill  avoid  the  c\p«-n>e  <>f  creating  a  new 
aLienc\  .  and  will  make  available  the  valuable  experience  which  ha- 
acquired  by  those  im\\  cliar^ed  \\ith  its  administration. 

Ve|\    lc>p«M'tfllll\  . 

J,  <;.  AMI 

>///;/  i-inh-nili  nt  <>f'  l><>rii,n>  ///x.    /  h  f,,i  ,-f  ,,i,  nt  <>'    \ 

A.  i;.  8POFFOED, 

Lilmirian  of  Congress. 
sri  1\  BAIBD, 

Secretary  of  the  tftnithsiminn  //*>' 
Hon.  .1.   \\  AKKI;.\    KI.IFER, 

>'//<  tikt  r  of  tin  l/ni/se  of  Represent  I 


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HL1    iM'i.x   OP    i  in    «  ONGBB8JEaO9A]     Ki 

Re*ulrr»l  hi/  tfif  Sen"  I  n of  th»  I  n<ted  States 

of  Ameri.  -/,</.  that  the  Joint  rmnmit;,-,  on  Print- 

Hi  -  be, and  th.-\  ai-«-  hereby, authoi  v.-d  ami  d  -heneoes- 

37 


38     PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

aary  provisions  and  arrangements  for  hereafter  issuing  the  index  of 
the  Congressional  Record  semi-monthly  durjng  the  sessions  of  Congress, 
beginning  with  next  ensuing  session. 

That  the  Public  Printer  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed  to  print  and 
distribute  the  same  number  of  copies  of  said  semi-monthly  index  as  he 
prints  and  distributes  of  the  daily  issue  of  the  Record,  and  to  the  same 
persons  and  in  the  same  manner. 

That  the  Public  Printer  shall  employ  such  persons  to  prepare  said 
index  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  Joint  Committee  on  Printing,  who 
shall  also  fix  and  regulate  the  compensation  to  be  paid  by  the  Public 
Printer  for  the  said  work,  and  direct  the  form  and  manner  of  its  publi- 
cation :  l*rovided,  hoirerer,  That  the  compensation  allowed  for  preparing 
said  semi-monthly  index,  including  their  compilation  into  a  session 
index,  shall  not  exceed  the  average  total  amount  now  allowed  by  the 
Joint  Committee  on  Printing  for  compiling  the  session  index. — Joint 
resolution,  February  8,  1881,  vol.  21,  Statutes  at  Large,  p.  516. 

ADDITIONAL   COPIES  OF  THE   RECORD  FOR   THE  SENATE. 

Resolred  by  the  tienate  (the  House  of  Representatires  concurring),  That 
the  Public  Printer  be  directed  to  furnish,  commencing  with  the  first  sen 
sion  Forty-seventh  Congress,  3,425  copies  of  the  Congressional  Record, 
for  the  use  of  tin*  Senate,  instead  of  3,100  copies,  as  ordered  by  the 
concurrent  resolution  of  June  4,  1874. — Concurrent  resolution,  June  24, 
1882. 

CONGRESSIONAL   RECORD   FOR  STATE  AND    TERRITORIAL   LIBRARIES. 

Resolved  by  the  Ncnntr  ami  //<>N«<*  of  Rrpre*cnta1irr*  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Conrire**  a**cmbled.  That  the  Public  Printer  be,  and  he  is 
liereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  forward  free  of  charge  to  the  State 
and  Territorial  libraries  of  each  State  and  Territory,  having  or  that 
shall  hereafter  have  antl  maintain,  a  State  and  Territorial  library,  one 
bound  copy  of  the  Congressional  Record  of  each  session  of  Congress 
or  special  session  of  the  Senate,  beginning  with  the  Forty -seventh  Con- 
gross.  And  the  Public  Printer  is  directed  to  print  fifty  additional  copies 
of  the  samo  to  meet  the  requirement*  of  this  joint  resolution. — Joint 
resolution,  August  2. 1882,  Pamphlet  Laws.  1st  sess.  47th  Cong.,  p.  390. 

NOTE. — 134,550  volumes  of  the  ReconU>f  the  Forty-sixth  Congress, 
and  85,984  volumes  of  the  Record  of  t^  first  session  of  the  Forty- 
seventh  Congress,  were  printed  i-i  accordance  with  the  above  provisions. 

PURCHASE  OF  CONGRESSIONAL*  GLOBE. 

•  •  •  That  the  sum  of  *  100,000  is  hereby  appropriated  to  pur- 
chase* of  the  present  owners  and  proprietors,  the  following  property,  to 
wit:  25,000  bound  volumes  of  the  Congressional  Globe,  40,000 unbound 
volumes  of  the  Congressional  Globe,  40,000  metal  plate*  for  printing 
the  Congressional  Globe,  24,000  composition  plates  for  printing  the  Con- 
gressional Globe,  the  two  story  fire-proof  brick  building  situate  in  the 
rear  of  the  Glolx*  building  on  Pennsylvania  avenue,  and  the  copyright 
for  the  complete  work  :  Prnrided.  That  the  Public  Printer,  the  Secretary 
of  the  Senate,  and  the  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  shall 
examine  the  said  property,  and  shall  certify  to  tin*  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  that  it  is  in  good  order  and  in  accordance  with  the  schedule 


PUBL*  msTKIItUTION    -  LIC    DO'  B.    39 

lilted.  before  .in  t  nd  provided 

<i  property,  when  purchased  l>\  tin-  United  States,  shall  be 

placed  in  tin-  eustody  "I'  lli«-  Public  Printer,  ini.l.-r  the  direct  ion  of  tin* 
Joint  Committee  on  Public  Printm-:  ami  that  title  to  -aid  property 
>hal!  be  approved  l»y  tin-  A  1  t  m<y.  General.  —  Act  of  .luiie  20,  1878,  VOl. 

20,8tatutes  at   Larj;e,  p. 

N..-I  •».-..  —  Cnder  this  provision  L'I;.»;:;.S  bound  ami  :',«;.  los  unbound  vol- 
arm-s  of  the  <  'on-  ressional  (ilobe  were  purchased,  which  i  M  the 

of  the  Public  Printer,  awaiting  the  Older  Of  UODgVQM  forther 
ti-ilxition.     They  t'ni-ni^h  a  very  valnablecollertioii  trom  whn-h  to  s> 
dciicreiicio  In  ml  other  important  libr.i 

r.n.i.s    \M.  i:r.s..i.rTlON8. 

There  shall  i»e  printed  7.",(»  copies  of  every  bill  or  joint  resolution 
ordered  by  either  lloiis«-  of  Congress,  or  required  by  any  rule  thereof 
to  be  printed,  unless  a  ditVerent  number  shall  be  specifically  ordered.  — 

:'.7'.»1.  Revised  Statutes. 

NOTK  —  The  number  was  subsequent  ly  increased  to  !»L'.".. 

The   liilN  aid    resolutions    of   the    Forty->j\tli    Congress,    authoi 
l»y  thi>  section,  it   bound  in  volumes  of  500  pages  each,  would  form   a 
library  of  7o..;'.»s  volumes,  costing  $69,000.     Those  of  the  first  session 
of  the  1'oity  seventh  Congress  would  form  a  library  of  ol.HH  volumes. 

POSTAL   CON  Vi:.\T  IONS. 

Tlu»  Congressional  Printer,  on  receiving  from  the  Postmaster-Gren- 
<iral  a  eopy  of  any  postal  convention  between  the  Postmastei  ' 
on  the  part  of  the  I  nited  States  and  an  equivalent  officer  of  any  foreign 
liovernment,  shall  imme<liately  cause  an  accurate  printed  copy  thereof  to 
be  executed  and  sent  in  duplicate  to  the  Postmaster  <  imcial.  '  On  there- 
turn  of  one  of  the  revised  duplicates,  he  shall  at  once  have  the  marked 
corrections  made,  and  cause  to  be  printed  and  sent  to  the  Postmaster- 
General,  any  number  of  copies  which  he  may  order,  not  exceeding  500, 
ami  to  be  printed  separately,  and  sent  to  the  two  houses  of  Congress 
the  usual  number.  —  Sec.  :;^nii,  KVvised  Stain; 


LOTS,    .JOINT   BESOLniwNS.    AND     IKI.M 

The  Congressional  Printer,  on  receiving  from  the  Secretary  of  State 

a  c,.p\  of  any  act  or  joint  resolution  or  treaty,  shall  immediately  cause 
an  accurate  printed  copy  thereof  to  be  executed  and  sent  in  duplicate 
to  the  Secretary  of  State  for  revision.  On  return  of  one  of  the  revised 
duplicates,  he  shall  at  once  have  the  marked  corrections  made,  and 
cause  to  be  printed  and  >ent  to  the  Secretary  of  State  any  number  of 
copies  which  he  may  order,  not  e  \ceedin.ir  ">00,  and  to  be  printed  separ- 
ately, and  sent  to  the  two  houses  of  Congress  the  usual  number.—  Sec. 
.  Kcvi-ed  Statin- 

Ncir..  —  The  acts  and  resolutions  of  the  Forty-sixth  Congress,  printed 

by  authority  of  this  section,  if  bound    in   volumes  of  .~>on  JKI^CS  each, 
would  form  a  library  of  i;.*j.~iO  volumes. 

PAJirni.r.  i    i.\\ 
• 
At  the  close  of  each  session  of  Congress  there  shall  be  printed 

bound  for  the  use  of  the  Sen.it.      ;.  MOO    mil    foi    tin  'In-  House  of 


40     PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OP    PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

Representatives  10,000  copies  of  all  acts  and  resolutions  so  furnished 
with  a  complete  alphabetical  index,  prepared  under  the  direction  of  the 
•Joint  Committee  on  Public  Printing. — See.  3H07,  Revised  Statutes. 

That  at  the  close  of  ever}*  session  of  Congress  the  Secretary*  of 
State  shall  cause  to  be  distributed  pamphlet  copies  of  the  acts  and 
resolutions  of  Congress  for  that  session,  edited  and  printed  in  the  man- 
ner aforesaid,  as  follows:  to  the  President  and  Vice- President  of  the 
United  States,  2  copies  each;  to  each  Senator,  Representative,  and 
Delegate  in  Congress,  1  copy;  to  the  Librarian  of  the  Senate, for  the 
use  of  Senators,  126  copies;  to  the  Librarian  of  the  House  250  copies, 
for  the  use  of  the  Representatives  and  Delegates;  to  the  Library  of 
Congress,  14  copies;  to  the  Department  of  State,  including  those  for 
the  use  of  legations  and  consulates,  GOO  copies;  to  the  Treasury  De- 
partment, 200  copies;  to  the  War  Department,  including  those  for  the 
use  of  the  officers  of  the  Army,  200  copies ;  to  the  Navy  Department, 
including  those  for  tin-  u>c  of  officers  of  the  Navy,  100  copies;  to  the 
Department  of  the  Interior,  including  those*  for  the  use  of  surveyors- 
general,  and  registers  and  reeeivcrs  of  public  land  offices,  250  copies; 
to  the  Post-Office  Department.  50  copies;  to  the  Department  of  Justice, 
including  those  for  the  use  of  the  Chief  and  Associate  Justices,  the 
judges  and  the  officers  of  the  Tinted  States  and  Territorial  courts.  425 
copies;  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  10  copies;  to  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  5  copies;  to  the  Government  Printing  Office,  2  copies; 
to  the  governors  and  secretaries  of  Territories,  I  copy  each;  to  be  re- 
tained in  the  custody  of  the  Secretary  ot  State,  1,000  copies;  and  10,(NK> 
copies  shall  IH?  distributed  to  the  States  and  Territories  in  pn>|K>rtion  to 
tin-  number  of  Senators,  Representatives,  and  Delegates  in  Congress, 
to  which  they  are  at  the  time  entitled.— Sec.  «,uct  of  June  20, 1874,  vol. 
18,  Statutes  at  I*arge,  p.  1 1  '-. 

NOTE. — Total  number  of  copies  of  Pamphlet  Laws  of  the  first,  second, 
and  third  sessuuis  of  the  Forty-sixth  Congress  printed,  70,887. 

8TATITK8   AT    I.AKi.l 

That  after  the  close  of  each  Congress  the  Secretary  of  State  shall 
have  edited,  printed,  ami  bound  a  sufficient  number  of  the  volumes  con- 
taining the  Statutes  at  Large  enacted  by  that  Congress  to  enable  him 
to  distribute  copies,  or  as  many  thereof  as  may  be  needed,  as  follows: 

To  the  President  of  the  United  States.  1  copies,  one  of  which  shall  be 
for  the  library  of  the  Executive  Mansion,  and  one  copy  shall  lie  for  the 
use  of  the  Commissioner  of  I'M  Mir  Buildings;  to  the  Vice- President  of 
the  United  States,  1  copy ;  to  each  Senator,  Representative,  and  l>ele- 
gate  in  Congress,  1  copy  ;  to  the  Librarian  of  the  Senate,  for  the  use  of 
the  Senators,  114  copies:  to  tin-  Librarian  of  the  House,  for  the  use  of 
the  Representatives  and  Delegates,  410  copies:  to  the  Librarian  of 
Congress,  14  copies,  including  4  copies  for  the  Law  Library;  to  the 
Department  of  State,  including  those  for  the  use.  of  legations  and  con- 
sulates, ,'WO  copies ;  to  the  Treasury  Department,  including  those  for  the 
use  of  officers  of  customs.  200  copies ;  to  the  War  Department,  including 
a  copy  for  the  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  50  copies;  to  the  Navy 
Department,  including  a  copy  for  the  Library  of  the  Naval  Academy  at 
Anna  |  M.I  is.  a  copy  for  the  library  of  each  navy -yard  in  the  United  States, 
a  copy  for  the  Libiary  of  the  Brooklyn  Naval  Lyceum,  and  a  copy  for 
the  Library  of  the  Naval  Institute  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  «>3  copies;  to 
the  Department  of  the  Interior,  including  those  for  the  use  of  the  snr- 


PUBLICATION    AM.    DI0T1OBUTIOX    OF   PUBLIC   DOCUMENTS.    41 

il   .in.l   ;  •!-  "t   put, he  land  offices,  250 

;i Uncut,  ."in  .  :  be   I  >'•(>. irliiM-ntof 

Justice,  ioclnd  •  in.  land  Associa  '  es, 

:id  ;  In-  oj  f  MM-  United  States  ami   i 

to  the  i ''-I'-" MM. -ni  oi  ,ie  Smith 

sonian  Insiit  iitmii.  -  iniiM-ii!  i 'i  in  ting  Office,  1  copy; 

.ind    p  6    -lull    -upply  delieieneie.s   ami  ntli.-. 

.  ated.— >  .  i  MI  .inn,,  L'U.  i>;i.  \oi.  i>.  statute,  .(i  Large,  p.  1 1  i. 

No  1 1      Total  number  of  copies,  iM08. 

i'i  BMBH1     i ( •    iin-:    i,'i.\  is  1.1  •   si  \  i  i   i  j.s. 

//<>,./',,/    /,//    //,,     Stntit>     ntitl    //.  .         Hlted 

-<//,////,/.    Tli.it    tin-    Supplement    to    the 

Statute*.   « -n  \    tin-    statute,    -.-m-ial    ami    JM-I  mam-ut    in 

their    nature.   pa».-«l  alln    tin-    L'-xi-.-d    Statnti-s.    \\itli    i« 

aecting  provisions  on  the  same  -ni»jrrt.  «-\piana;  >nsof 

•  hrial  «lrrixinii>.  ami  iii.l.-x.  |  >\  .-|  ia  i .-.  1  l»v  \\'illi;im  A.  K'i.-liai.l 

BOD,  t"  >!••!»  <»t\  pnl  at  ill.-  ( .M\»-iimirnt  I 'i  int  in^  ( )Hic«- :  and  the  index 
and  platen  iherent'.  and  all  ri^lit  and  title  therein  and  iheietu.  >hall  l»e  in 
and  I'lills  belting  t«>  tin-  i:«i\  ci  nineiit  t'.»r  its  e\eln-ive  ii-r  ami 

That  6.351  OOpiefl  l«e  pi-inted.  IMMIIH|.  and  diM  i  ilmled.  a>  pr«»\  ide.l  tin 
the  distribution   •>!'  the  LY\i>«<!   Statute^   1»\    the  ••  joint    re>olutinn  pro- 
viding tor  the  distribution    and  sale  ot    them-*   edition   of  the  I;. 
Statutes  of  the  I'nited  Siah-."  }>jissed   May   1'U.   ls7s.  aii-1  joint   i. 
tio:i  paxM-d  December  L'l.   1^.  and  sueli  additional  eoj.ie<.  on  the  order 
of  the  Serretar.N  of  State,  as  may  be  necessarx.  from  time  to  time.  t«. 
kept  for  >ale  in  the  same  manner  and  on  like  terms  us  the  : 

are   required   to    b«-   kept   for   sale,  and   t<>  supplx    deti.-i. 
otliee>  newly  rivaled:   that  tor  preparim:   and  editing  said  Supplement, 
im-ludin^   indexing    and   all   clerical    \\o-U    m-c.---.n  .    to   fully    «-omplet«' 
said  \\ork.  inclndin-  tlie  legislation  of  the  l-'ort  \ ->ixtli  Congress,  there 
>hall  be   paid  to  said   editor  the  sum  of  $5,000;  and  each  Senator  and 

Member  of    the   present    Congress    who    would    Hot     receive    enpiex  under 

said  joint  lesolution  shall  receive  the  same  number  of  copu-x  .1-  nthei 
Senator*  or  Member*  receixe  under  the  same. — loint  roolution.  June 
7.  1-s.so.  vol.  -Jl,  Statutes  at  Lai-e.  p.  308. 

i  i;.— I  Uder  th«-   provisions  of  this   resolution    l,n:,7  copies  of  the 
Supi»lement  are  printed  for  members  of  Congress,  and  'J..".no  for  officers 

of  the    -oVenmnMlt. 

i:i:\  ISI..N   OP    iM'i  LH    i  I:K  \  i  i; 

a  the  Secretii  ^tate  shall  cause  all  the  copies  of  the 

of  Indian  treaties  made  by  Tiiom-is  .1.  I ) m  ant.  now  printed,  tobebon: 
and  the  >,um-  shall    be  deposited  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  for 
the  u>e  of  tin-departments  and  otlieeiNof  the  -o\ern«nent. — Sec.  10,  act 
.it  June  -<'.   1  W  \.  vol.  is.  Statutes  at  Large,  p.  114. 

I  Hi;    !   SI     U.    M    Mil!  .XTM1.N  1  & 

One  tliousand  five  hundred  and  tilt\  OOpiCfl  of  an\  document  ordered 
b\  (  shall  be  printed,  and  that  number  shall  be  known  as  the 

usual  number:  no.u:  i  tuber  shall  be  punted  unless  ordered  by 

'  er  Hou<e  or  a*  l-eie.i  d  Statir 


42     PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF   PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

NOTE. — This  number  wa*  subsequently  increased  to  1,900. 

The  document*  of  the  Forty  -si  xth  Congress,  printed  under  theauthority 
of  this  section,  amounted  to  L'22.:MMi  volume*.  Of  this  number  1W,000  vol- 
amen  were  delivered  in  unlmund  form,  most  of  which  were  doubtless  ulti- 
mately sold  as  waste  paj>er. 

The  aggregate  of  the  u  usual  number **  of  documents  hereafter  to  be 
printed  will  be  largely  increased  by  the  provisions  of  the  following 
joint  resolution. 

EXTENSION   OP  "USUAL  NUMBER*  TO   ALL  DOCUMENTS   ORDERED   BY 

CONGRESS. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  Howie  of  Itrpmrntatire*  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled.  That  whenever  any  document 
or  report  shall  be  ordered  printed  by  Congress  there  shall  be  printed, 
in  addition  to  the  number  in  each  case  stated,  the  "  usual  number"  of 
copies  for  binding  and  distribution  among  those  entitled  to  receive 
them ;  and  this  shall  apply  to  all  unexecuted  orders  now  in  the  office  of 
the  Public  Printer.— Joint  resolution,  .luly  7.  18S2.  Pamphlet  Laws, 
first  session  Forty-seventh  Congress,  p.  387. 

JOURNALS,  EXECUTIVE  DOCUMENTS,  AND  ABRIDGMENT. 

Of  the  documents  named  in  this  section  then1  shall  be  printed  and 
bound,  in  addition  to  the  usual  numl»er  for  Congress,  the  following 
copies,  namely: 

First.  Of  the  document*  accompanying  tin*  annual  report*  of  the 
executive  department*,  1,000  copies  for  the  urn*  of  the  members  of  the 
Senate  and  12,000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  mcml>crs  of  the  House  of 
Representatives. 

Second.  Of  the  President's  Message,  the  annual  reports  of  the  exec- 
utive departments,  and  the  abridgment  of  accompanying  documents, 
unless  otherwise  ordered  by  either  House,  10,000  copies  for  the  use  of 
the  members  of  the  Senate  and  25,000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  member* 
of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Third.  Of  papers  relating  to  foreign  affairs,  accompanying  the  annual 
message  of  the  President,  2,000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  members  of 
the  Senate  and  4,000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  House  of 
Representatives. 

Fourth.  Of  the  "Commercial  Relations,r  annually  prepared  under  the 
direction  of  the  State  Department,  2,000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Senate  and  3,000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  meml>ers  of  the 
House  of  Representatives. 

Fifth.  Of  the  annual  report  on  the  Statistic*  of  Commerce  and  Navi- 
gation, exports  and  imports,  merchandise  in  transit,  manufacture*,  and 
registered  and  enrolled  vessels,  prepared  by  the  Special  Commis*ioner 
of  the  Revenue,  Chief  of  the  Riireau  of  Statistics,  2,000  copies  for  the 
use  of  the  members  of  the  Senate  and  «',.]. ~»n  copies  for  the  use  of  the 
members  of  the  House  of  Representative*. 

Sixth.  Of  the  Public  Journals  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Repre- 
*entatives,  1,550  copies. — Sec.  3798,  Revised  Statute*. 

NOTE. — The  documents  of  the  Forty  sixth  Congress,  printed  under 
the  authority  of  this  section,  amount  to  202.750  volume*. 


M.   m--iKii:i  1 1  -NTS.  43 

i:  \    <  ..I'll 
All  pm:  osii  inn-  in  eit  hei    1 1 

of  documents,  th<  rhiehexeeedt  $500,  shall  t  res- 

olution,  uhlch   -hall,  II|M.I>   it-  tian-mi-  -c.   I..-  [] 

diateh    retened  in  the  Committee  ..n   I'milm-  «»f  the  House  to  xvli;. 

The   Cn||-|r»ln|ial    I'lllltcl    -hall.    U  h  •  UTted    b\    tin-   .loint    < 

imtlee  of   tin-   Librars.   plliil,   III  addition   \u  t  he  ii-nal   number,  eilh- 

or  inn  oo]  in-  ma\  be  <lii.Ti.-d.  ..t  all  document-  piinted  b\  order 

of   rillirr     Ilnll^r  i.|     (  •.   |  ia  It  Ilirli  t     nj      lilin-ail    *>' 

(•nvrniiiM-iit. — SIT.  .'iTIMi    EtoTfoed  Slatiit.-x. 

It'  an\    IM-I-SUII  .i.  |    r«»|Hi-.s  ..I    ah\    •  1<  )di  in«- 1 1  f    ]>riii|ci|    at    tin' 

( ;.»\  rniiiiriit    l'rinlin_  <\   aul  h<>i  it  \  «>l    the  law  shall,  prcvimm  to 

'!>   IxMII-     pllt     to    l»lrv>.    ||.»til\     tin-   <  'M|iL.'M"»>in|ial     I'll  II  I«T  <>\     t  !)«•   II II  Illber 

of  copies  wan  ted,  And  shall  p.i\  to  iiim  In  advBnoe,  theestiuiat4Mi  r..>t 

•lirlrnt.    ami     tell     p*T     rclltlllll      I  ln'1'r.  »|  i .    tl    •  :ial      I'lIIit.-I 

Illldrr  tlir  diirctl«»n  (.t'   tlir  .Inint   ( 'nil!  Ill  1 1 1  rr  mi    I'lllilic    I'rilitili^.  t'uilli>li 
tin-  saiiM-.— >  '.  KY\ix,-d  Statin- 

All  niotmio  to  print  «-\tra  ropii-.s  <.i'  any  hill,  report,  or  other  puhlie, 
document  >hall  !»»•  referred  to  the  Committee  on  I'rintin^  of  the  Mouse 
in  whirh  such  motion  is  made. — See.  .".7'.' ."..  L'e\ised  Statutes. 

ITIM.IC   DOCn  MI;\  i  9    FOB    BX4  UANGE. 

^<>h-«l  I, if  tht    *•  mil*   untl  II  >  s  of  the  I'nit,- >l  > 

•  copies  of  ;ill  HoeiiMientN  here- 

after  jM'inted  hv  order  of  either  1  loii^e  nt  (  kmgreSS,  ;uid   "»n  ropii-s  ;iddi 
(ional  of  all  doeuments  printed  in  excess  of  the  usual  numl>er,  together 
with  r.n  enpies  ot C.ich  publication    i-Mied  1»\  anv  department  or  luireaii 
ot  the  uove  ru  men  t.  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  .Joint  <  'onmiitt. 
;he  Lilu-arv,  who  >hall    e\ch;in.ue  t  he   >ame   throii-h   the   .t.  the 

Smithsonian  lust  it  ution.  for  such  works  published  in  to  -Hintries, 

an<i  espeeiaiis  i>\  foreimi  governments,  as  may  be  dceni.-.i  i»\- -aid  com- 
mittee an  equivalent  :  >aid  works  to  be  deposited  in  the  Library  of  (  '.»n 
gress. — Joint  resolution,  March  I*.  1^»',7.  Statute-  at   Large,  vol.  1  1.  p 

The  .loint    Committee   ii|)on    the    Library  may  from    time  to   time  ap- 
point   such   agents  as  they  deem    requisite,  to   cany  into   ellect  the  d.. 
nation   and   e\clianu»-  of  documents   and   other   publications   placed  at 
their  dispo-al  tor  the  purpose. — Se<  .  ^7.  i:«-\i-ed  Stan, 

Of  the  document-  printed   b\  order  of  either  Hoiise  there  shall  be 
printed  and  bouml  ."»(»  additional   cnj.ies  for  the  purpose  of  excl 
foreign  countries. — Sec.  .T!».i.  Ke\i-ed  Statutes. 

DOOUMBH  rs   mi;   BO1  tur.iis*  H<>MI 

/•  i  hat  section  4837  of  the  LY  nte-  of  the 

Cnited  >  .and  the  same  is  hereby,  repealed  and  re -enacted  as 

follows: 

wTh€  Bet-ret  sir  \   .»f  the  Senate  and   the  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Re: 

M-ntatives  shall  cause  to  be  sen  i    t«.   the    National    Home  for  Disabled 
V»lu  .lid-sat   I>a\  ton.  in  Ohio,  and  to  the  -  at  AngQSta, 

in    Maine;   Milwaukee,   in   Wisconsin;   Hampton,   in   \'iminia:   and  the 


44     PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENT*. 

Soldiers'  Home  ut  Knightstown  Spring*,  near  Kuightstown,  in  Indiana, 
each,  one  copy  of  each  of  the  following  documents  :  The  Journals  of  each 
House  of  Congress,  at  each  and  every  session  ;  all  lawn  of  Congress;  the 
annual  message  of  the  President,  with  the  accompanying  documenU; 
the  daily  Congressional  I  »Vn  ml  ;  and  ail  other  documents  or  books  which 
may  be  printed  and  bound  by  order  of  either  House  of  Congress;  and 
the.  Public  Printer  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  furnish  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Senate  ami  the  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representative* 
the  documenU  referred  to  in  this  section."  —  Act  of  February  8,  1881, 
Sup.  Revised  Statutes,  vol.  1,  p.  591. 

BINDIM.    I  "K    M  i.  MltKKS   OK   CONGRESS. 

lie  it  enacted,  dr.,  That  the  Public  Printer  be  authorized  to  bind  a* 
the  Government  Printing  Office  any  books,  maps,  charts,  or  documenU 
published  by  authority  of  Congress,  ii|K>n  application  of  any  member  of 
the  Senate  or  House  of  Representatives,  upon  payment  of  the  actual 
cost  of  such  binding.  —  Act  of  Decemlier  10,  1»77,  Sup.  Revised  Stat- 
utes, vol.  1,  p.  303. 


That  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate  !•«-.  and  he  is  hereby,  au- 
thorized to  cause  to  IM*  Ixuiitd,  at  the  Government  Printing  Office,  one 
copy  of  any  public  document  desired  by  any  Senator  for  his  personal 
use.  —  Senate  resolution,  January  17,  1878. 

•  •     •     Prorideil,  That  no  binding  shall  be  done  at  the!  iovemtuent 
Printing  Office  for  Senators,  Representatives,  or  Delegate*  in  Congress, 
except  that  there  may  In3  bound  for  each  Senator,  Representative,  or 
Delegate,  one  copy  of  each  book  or  document  issued  by  order  of  Con- 
gress, but  this  provision  shall  not  allow  any  binding  as  aforesaid  to  be 
done  of  books  or  documents  issued  by  authority  of  and  during  any  former 
Congress.  —  Act  of  August  7,  1882,  Pamphlet  taws.  ttrst  session  Forty- 
seventh  <  .p.  :J34. 

INDEX     in   .InrRNAI.s    "I     '"N'-KKW. 

Be  it  rewired.  That  then*  shall  IM-  prepared,  under  the  direction  and 
supervision  of  tin*  Cnmmittee  on  Rules,  a  general  index  of  the  Journals 
of  Congress. 

/feffo/rtti,  That  the  (  'ouimit  tee  on  Rules  are  authorized  to  select  and 
employ  a  proper  i»erson  to  prepare  such  general  index,  at  a  compensa- 
tion not  to  exceed  f2,f>00  per  annum,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  contingent 
fund  of  the  House  for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year,  and  to  tie  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Committee  on  Rules  as  the  prosecution  of  the  work  proceeds. 
—  House  resolution,  June  18,  1878. 

Rewired,  That  the  Committee  «n  l.'ules  are  hereby  authorized  to  select 
and  employ  a  proper  person  to  assist  in  the  preparation  of  a  general  in- 
dex of  the  Journals  of  Congress,  under  the  resolution  of  June  10,  1878, 
at  a  rate  of  compensation  not  to  exceed  $'J,(MN>  JKT  annum,  to  be  paid 
out  of  t  he  contingent  fund  of  the  House  until  an  appropriation  shall  be 
made.  —  House  resolution.  May  22.  l^J. 

•  •     •     For  the  person  preparing  the  general  index  to  the  Journals 
of  Congress  under  resolution  of  June  18,  1878,  $2,500;  for  the  assistant 
to  the  person  preparing  the  general  index  to  the  Journals  of  Congress, 
authorized  under  the  resolution  of  May  22,  1882,  $2,000.—  Act  of  August 
."»,  1832,  Pamphlet  Laws,  first  session,  Forty-seventh  Congress,  p.  221. 


1TBLICATION    AM-    MMK'ir.i   1!  I  HLIC   DOCUMENTS.    45 

OFF  I'  I  \l.    i:  KI>  STATES. 

/./  Senate  «<  <ve*  of  fA 

•  i  hat  in  lien  of  the  number  of 

copies  of  the   I'.i. mn.il    I;,  :IM\\  authori/ed    l,\  law  to  be  pmitrd. 

r  In-  Secretary  of  the  Interior  be. and  he  ii  IM-I.-!,\.  Erected  to  cauno  to 
be  prim  oopiea  «-t'  tin-  said  \\oik.  to  !..•  d;-t  i  iiuited  as  follows: 

the  President  of  tin-  rnitn  .  i  copies,]  oopj   of  wliich 

shall  l>e  lor  the  libi  a  ry  oft  In-  F\rnin\  ••   Mansion;  to  the  Vice-Presi- 

dent  of  the   Fnited    States,  -  OOpieSj    l«»   each    Senator.  |J, 
anil    Delegate    in    CongretS,   I     COpJj    in    the    > 

rop\    ;    to  tin-  ('Ink   of    the    llniixr.    j    rop\  ;    to  the    I  1    the  S< 

..<»  COpieS,   "I    N\  llH'll    1    «'i.|»V    >liall    In-   >ll|.|.lir<|    1.  <    ..III  III  It 

iialr;    In   tin-    I,il>iai\    «•!    llir     llnii  I  i  \  «•«,  75 
rnj.irs.   (>!'    \\llicll    lcup\    .shall     I  M-   >l  1 1 1|  .1  |r<  I    t  < ,  rarli   St  a  IH  lill  ^    riuini. 

(»!'  tin-    I  I                                      Tai  \    Ol  •  be    1  »'-j». irt- 

iiM-ut  of  Btate,  '-•" pies;  to  the  Treasury  l  )«-p.n  tnn-nt.  i 

Ihr  \\  ai    I  )r|.ai  linrii!  .  e«J    tu  t  In-   Na\  \   I  )r|»art  niriit.  s  ;   to 

tin-    Dcpai  tllirlll    ol    Jll-Mrr.   -J.'.   r.ij.ii-s;     t..    tin-     I'nM-Ollirr     I  )«-|»ai't  llli'llt  . 

!.",(»  ru  |  »u  > ;  to 'the  Department  of  tbe  ID  terioi  -  the  De- 

partment   ut'  A^iiciiltiin-,  ."»    rnpirs:   to    tin-    Smit  li^on  la  n  Institution,   t 
ropir>;    t<»  tin-  Stair  LiluaiA  and  Stair  Ilistoi  ., 
ami  to  tin-   l-'.\«-ruti>  r  ot    rarli  '1'ri  l  it 01  \  ,  anil  to    tin-    <lr>i-!iat.  (1 

JOIN  of  public doeoments in eacb  <  '••nmr->io!ial  l)i>trirt  in  tin- I'mtrd 

Stairs.  1  roj.\   rarli  :   and    tin-    rrniaiiiin LI  -hall    In-    krj>t    l»v  tin- 

SrrrrtaiN   o|'tln-  Intriiora>a  r«-n\  r.  troin  \\  hirh  hr  may  supply  nr\\  1\ 
crratrd    Q  ml    Mcmltrrs    pf  OODgreSS^   1    additional    ropy    »  ;irh. — 

An  of  hrrrmlM-r  i.'i.  i>77.  Slain!.-  at  Large,  vol.  i'o.  p.  i;;. 
sun;  KM  r.  COUE1    B] 

Thr  rrporiri-  shall   ran>r   thr  drrismns  of  tin-   Suprrmr  (  oiirt  made 
during  hi>  oi'm-r  to  hr  prinU'd  and   pnhlishrd  within  ri-ht  inontli- 
thry  air  niadr;    and  \\ithin  thi>  saintMimr.  shall  drlivrr  ;',OO  ropirs  of  tin- 
voliunrs  ,,t  s;ij,|  rrports  t<>  t  In-  SrrrrtaiN   of  tin-  Int«-rior.      And  he  sliall. 
in  any  \rar  \\  hrn  lu-  is  so  dirrrird  l»y  the  roiirt.  raiisr  to  IM-  ju-intrd  and 
published  a  .second  volume  of  >aid  decisions,  of  \\hirh  he  shall  dr. 
in  like  manner  and  time,  .inn  copies. — Sec.  <M.  KVvixrd  Statutes. 

Thr    .".Oil    ropirs    of    said    reports    delivnrd    to    the    Smrtarx     of   the 
Interior  shall  be  distributed  ttfl  follows:   To  tin-   Picsjdriit.  the  .histices 

of  theSupIrlnr(  'oil  rt .  t  lie  (  'irrll  i  t  .1  lld-e.  t  he  .1  lid  -es  of  t  In    I  >  NUtS, 

the  .  i  ml  ^es  of  the  Coort  of  Claims,  the  Jud  the  Supreme  <'.»;: 

tin-    District  ot   rolumbia.  the  .lud-es  of  the  >ev«-ral  Ten-it<»ria 
the   Srrrrtary   of  Sralr,    the    S«-civtai\    of   War.  the    -  •:    the 

Treasury,  the  Scciftaix  ot'  the  \a\\.  iln-  S.-crriaix   oi'the  Interior,  the 
Postmaster  ( ieiieral.   the   Attoruex  -iieiieral.    the   Solicitor  ( irm-ral.   the 
•  he  S»-iiate  for  the  use  of  the  Senate,  tin-  (  Icrk  of  thr  House 

of  Represent  at  i\e>  tor  the  use  of  the  Bouse  of  Bepresentadves,  the  ( 

ernors  of  Tm  itoi  -jes,  the  ( 'ommissioner  of  ALII  iriilt  inc.  tin-  ( 'ommissioner 
of  Internal  KY\rnur.  the  ( 'ommissioner  of  Indian  Allans,  the  < 'oiumis- 
sionerot  Pensions,  t  he  i  'on  inn-  the  <  iem-r.il  I.ainl  (  )  Hire,  the  Com- 
missioner of  Pai  mis.  the  Commissioner  of  ( 'usi s.  t  in- rum  mi- 

Induration,  the  1 'a \inasier-Genenil.  the  First  and  Sr.-ond  ( 'oiuptroller> 
of  the  Treasury,  the  First.  Seeoml.  Thinl.  Fourth.  Fitth.  and  Sixth 
Auditors  ot'  tin-  Treasury,  the  Solicitor  of  the  Ticasinx.  lln-  Kogisterof 
the  Treasurx .  the  Tn-asin,-!  of  the  Unitei  md  the  headsof  such 


46     PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PUBLIC    BOCUMENTS. 

\ 

other  Executive  offices,  as  may  hereafter  be  provided  by  law  of  equal 
grade  with  any  of  the  said  offices,  each  one  copy;  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Senate  for  the  use  of  the  Standing  Committees  of  the  Senate,  10 
copies :  and  to  the  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representative*  for  the  use  of 
the  Standing  Committees  of  the  House,  12  copies;  and  the  residue  of 
said  copies  shall  be  deposited  in  the  Library  of  Congress,  to  become  a 
part  of  said  Library.  The  copies  received  by  any  officer  under  this  Mo- 
tion, shall,  in  cast*  of  his  death,  resignation,  or  dismissal  from  office,  be 
delivered  to  his  successor  in  office. — -See.  083,  Revised  Statutes. 

•  •  •  The  reporter  of  the  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  from  the  Treasury  an  annual 
salary  of  $4,500  when  his  report  of  said  decisions  constitutes  1  voftime, 
and  an  additional  sum  of  $1,200  when,  by  direction  of  the  court,  he  causes 
to  be  printed  and  published  in  any  year  a  second  volume,  and  said  re- 
porter shall  be  annually  entitled  to  clerk  hire  in  the  sum  of  $1,200  and 
to  office  rent,  stationery,  arid  contingent  expenses  in  the  sum  of  $000; 
and  an  amount  siittirient  for  the  payment  of  said  sums  is  hereby  appro- 
priated :  Pror  tiled.  That  the  above  provision  shall  not  apply  to  decisions 
of  the  court  pronounced  at  the  last  term  thereof,  but  that  said  decisions 
shall  be  printed  and  the  volumes  containing  them  delivered  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Interior  as  prescribed  by  existing  laws;  and  an 
amount  sufficient  to  pay  the  salary  and  com]»eiisation  of  the  rejwrter  iu 
connection  therewith  is  hereby  appropriated  :  Ami  prorided  further, 
That  the  volumes  of  the  decisions  which  said  court  shall  hereafter  pro- 
nounce shall  !»«•  furnished  by  the  re|M>rter  to  the  public  at  a  sum  not 
exceeding  $2  per  volume,  and  th«»  number  of  volumes  now  required  to 
be  delivered  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  shall  be  furnished  by  the 
rcjxirter  without  any  charge  therefor. — Act  of  August  "•.  1882,  Pam- 
phlet tai  ws,  first  session  Forty -seventh  Congress,  p.  254. 

REPORTS   OP  COURT  OP  CLAIMS. 

On  the  ilrstday  of  every  I  hwmber  session  of  Congress  the  clerk  of  the 
Court  of  Claims  shall  transmit  to  Congress  a  full  and  complete  state- 
ment of  all  the  judgments  rendered  by  the  court  during  the  previous 
year,  stating  the  amounts  thereof  and  the  parties  in  whose  favor  they 
were  rendered,  together  with  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  nature  of  the  claims 
upon  which  they  wen*  rendered.  And  at  the  end  of  every  term  of  the 
court  he  shall  transmit  a  copy  of  its  decisions  to  the  heads  of  depart- 
ments; to  the  Solicitor,  the  Comptroller*,  and  the  Auditors  of  the 
Treasury  ;  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  General  Land  Office  and  Indian 
Afllars;  to  the  chiefs  of  I  HUTU  us.  and  other  officers  charged  with  the  ad- 
justment of  claims  against  the  United  States.— Sec*.  1057.  licvised 
Statutes. 

NOTE.— Two  hundred  and  fifty  copies  of  Court  of  Claims  reports  are 
printed  for  official  use. 

OPINIONS  OP  THE   ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 

The  Attorney -General  shall,  from  time  to  time,  cause  to  be  edited  and 
printed  at  the  Government  Printing  Office  an  edition  of  1,000  copies  of 
such  of  the  opinions  of  the  law  officers  heiein  authorized  to  be  given 
as  he  may  deem  valuable  for  preservation  in  volumes,  which  shall  be 
as  to  size,  quality  of  paper,  printing,  and  binding,  of  uniform  size  and 
api>earance,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  with  volume  eight  of  such  opin- 


CRIBUTIOH  d     rriiLIC   DOCUMB.V1  -      17 


.  ..;.   !;<",,  i  •  mi.  in  the  year  1868.    Each  \<>IUHM- 

shall     contain     propel      lir.nl    HOI  'Mlplrtr     ami    fill  I     llnj. 

-  .1-  the  .\ih  ••!  i  lines  shall 

l.r   dlxtl  ibllled    III    xiieh    manner   ;i-    tlir    A  t  I  - 
to    Illlir    p 

:  IN.    I  ii. 


the  Xrmif,   inn!  II 

^tillhlKl.     Thill      tin-     I'lll.llr     Plllltrl     I,. 
lr<|lllled    In   |i|-illt    Hot    Ilio|r    ill,  Hi     QD€    \o|i|lne    each    \r.il    ..t     I  lir   deel 

and  opinions  of  the  First  Comptroller  of  th<  \mh 

Mich  explanatory    mallei    RS  fa    ma\    I  m  ni>h.  and   I  •  tl  for    th« 

Illil     I  ». 
thereof:     In    I  hr    <  'nil!  |  >t  I  •  '  !  !i     111     the 

ma  HIM  -i   pro\  ideil  in  >eetinn  7  ul   thr  art  <>l  .lime  %jo.  ]  >;  |.  ; 

]  I."..    piu\  id:  hr    publication    nt     !  : 

hall'    tin-    llimilxT    therein   Ilirlit  inlird.  --  Inllit    ir-ollltinn.    A.D 

rani|»lil«-r  La  us.  \>\  s»-ss.   17th  (  '.  .!•!. 


NO'l  i:.  —  Sr\rn    tlmiixaiiil  two  lniiiiir<M|  and  nim-t\   t.mr  copies  will  be 
jti-intrd  iindrr  tin-  |>i  «>\  I-K.II^  ul'  lin>  i  -r>ulm  iuii. 


PUBLIC  \  Ih'NS    n|       I  Ul.     |'\  I  l.N  I     ..I   i 

Tin'  (  'uiiiini>-i.'iin  (»!'  I'atriit-  ix  ant  hui  i/rii  tu  ha\r  juiiitrd.  ti  <>m 
1u  timr.  fur  ui-atiiituii.x  dixt  i-il»ntiuii.  nut  tu  exceed  1  "•<>  ruj.irs  ..t  thr  eom- 
plrtr    >JM  citiratiun.x    and    drawin.  ..-h    |»atr!ii     hnvallrr    issued, 

:!iri   \\itli  snitaldc  in*1  tte  «-u|.\   tu  IK-  |»lacr<|  fur  tir.-  jmlilir  in- 

iuii  in  each  cajn;  >tatr  and  Trrrit«»rv:  unr  tur  the  likr 

purpusr  in  tin-  rln-U's  «.Hirr  ul'thc  diMrirt  ruiirt  uf  rach  judicial  d;- 
of  the   I'liitrd   Si.  ,-p|    \\ljrii    >nrh  ullirrs    air    luralrd   n, 

Tcrriturial   r;:pitol>:   and  <•!:«•   in    tin-   lil>ia  \\hirh  «•• 

shall  IM   (•••itilicd  uinh-r   the   haiul  ul'  thr  (  (»nniii»iunri    ai  '   thr 

I'atrnt  Oll'n-c.  and  sliall  nut  l»c  taken  from  the  drp.  ;,.i  an\  ntln-r 

purpnsr  than  to  lu-  n>r«i  as  evidence  —  s<-c.  t:»o.  i;r\i>,.d  Btatol 

Thr  I'u  mini-  >t'   Paten  iiuii/rd    t  u  ha\  r  pi  inlrd  xM(  , 

ditiunal   numbers  oi  '.  -(.crilicat  iuns  and  ilrav. 

pic\ided  in  the  jdfcedin-  seetion,  at  a  jtrice  not  t.  -tract 

price    tui  >nch    dra\\r  ^ale.  as  max   l.e  -d    l.\   the   fti 

demand  for  the  same:   ami  he  i>  al>u  anthuii/ed  tu   tnrnixh  a  complete 

i  >uch  xprriliraliun.x  and  diau  in->  tu  an\  public  liluai  \  u  Inch  \\  ill 
j.a\  tor  l.indiiiu  the  -ante  into  vulume>  to  conr.x|.ond  with  thu>r  in  tlie 

Hi  (Mlice.  and  tor  the  ;  i  a  n>|.oi  tat  ion  of  the  >ame,  and  which  shall 
also  provide  tor  proper  euMudv  r,,r  the  s.ime.  with  convenient  access  for 
the  public  thereto,  under  sin-ii  regulations  as  theComnn-  shall 

derm    reasonable.  —  See.    I'.ll.    l;  -iatlltrx. 

The  juice  to  he  jiaid  tur  unceititied  printed  copies  of  8]>eci  fications 
and  drav  l»atent.x  >hall  lie  determined  by  the  Commissioner  of 

:its.  within  the  limits  ..r  ten  cents  as  the  minimum  and   tiftv  - 
as  the  maximum  price.—  .1  Stain;- 

Be  it  fi  -ioner  ma\  pi  int.  or  cause  to 

be  printe.  -  ot   the  -  lions  of  all  letters  patent  and   «• 

drawing  of  the   same,  and  OOfrfefl  of  the  claims  of  ci;  Mies,  and 

such  la  i,  rules,  re-ulatiun>.  and   •  x  as  may 

be  in  for  the  information  <  f  the  public.—  Sec.  20,  act  of  Ju 

vol.  Hi.  p.  I'OO. 


48     PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

OFFICIAL  GAZETTE. 

•  •  •  To  provide  for  the  plates  of  an  Official  Gazette  of  the  Patent 
Office  abstracts  of  the  drawing  of  patents  issued,  $13,333,  to  be  ex- 
pended under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Patents:  1'rorided, 
That  one  copy  of  said  Gazette  shall  be  furnished  to  each  Senator,  Rep- 
resentative, and  Delegate  in  Congress;  and  one  copy  each  shall  be  sent 
to  eight  such  public  libraries  as  may  be  designated  by  each  Senator, 
Representative,  and  Delegate,  and  two  copies  to  the  Library  of  Con- 
KIV»:  /•/•»*•///,//////•///»/•.  That  ;t  .siilixrripiimi  pii'-«-  ..f  n-.t  1,-xx  HUM  *:, 
per  annum  for  said  Gazette  shall  be  charged  to  each  subscriber;  and 
all  sums  received  from  such  subscription  shall  be  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  each  month  paid  into  the  Treasury, — Act  of  May  18,  1872,  Stat- 
utes at  Large,  vol.  17,  p.  131. 

ABRIDGMENT  OF  LETTERS  PATENT. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representative*  of  tke  United 
State*  of  America  in  Congrrs*  assembled,  That  the  sum  of  $10,000  be, 
and  the  same  hereby  is,  appropriated,  out  of  any  moneys  belonging  to 
the  patent  fund  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  be  ex- 
pended under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Patents  in  the  prep- 
aration of  classified  abridgments  of  all  letters  patent  of  tin-  rnit«'«l 
States. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  said  abridgments  shall  In-  printed,  and  one  copy  of 
each  shall  IH»  furnished  to  each  Senator,  Representative,  ami  Delegate 
in  Congress;  one  copy  to  each  of  eight  public  libraries  to  be  designated 
by  each  Senator,  Representative,  and  Delegate,  and  two  copies  to  tho 
Library  of  Congress;  and  also  copies  to  such  foreign  governments, 
libraries,  and  learned  societies  as  the  Commissioner  of  Patents  may 
designate:  I'rorided,  That  copies  shall  be  sold  at  the  cost  of  printing, 
and  all  sums  received  from  such  sale  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
each  month,  be  paid  into  the  Treasury. — Act  of  March  3, 1881,  Statutes 
at  Large,  vol.  21,  p.  5W. 

KI.I-..I;  is  MJ    si  i:\  i  >  -   \VKSI    ..I      i  11  r.    I«HM  H    MKKIDIAJ 

Be  it  enacted,  dr.  •  •  •  For  engraving  and  printing  the  plates 
illustrating  the  report  of  the  geographical  and  geological  explorations 
and  surveys  west  of  the  100th  meridian,  to  be  published  in  quarto  form, 
the  printing  and  binding  to  he  done  at  the  Government  Printing  Office, 
twenty-five  thousand  thousand  thousand.— Act  of  June  23,  1874,  vol. 
18,  Statutes  at  Largo,  p.  224. 

Be  it  enacted,  <£•<?.,  That  the  act  entitled  "An  act  making  appropria- 
tions for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  government  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  30,  1875,  anil  for  other  purposes,"  approved  June  23, 1874, 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  by  adding  to  the  clause  of  said  act 
relating  to  the  engraving  and  printing  of  the  plates  illustrating  the  re- 
port of  the  geographical  and  geological  explorations  and  surveys  west 
of  the  100th  meridian  the  following  words:  and  "that  2,000  copies  of 
the  report  shall  be  printed  by  the  Congressional  Printer,"  after  substi- 
tuting the  word  "dollars"  in  lieu  of  the  concluding  won!  of  said  clause. 
—Act  of  February  15,  1875,  vol.  18,  Statutes  at  Large,  p.  315. 

Resolved  by  the  House  of  Representatives  (the  Senate  concurring),  That 
the  following  distribution  shall  be  made  of  the  reports  of  the  United 


DOCUMENTS.   49 

acooi  nil  act*  ,.">,  a* 

•  I  \  olimio  ,i  Office,  to 

each  to  the  >• 
ltd  D 

SO  ''  "'I  I-  onl\   tll«-  HIM   \nli  .....  •  i.  -iiiftiii^  I"  :•••  j.-, 

IM  a 


Tin-  piiMication>  of  the  <  iiall  consist  ol  th< 

report    of   operation^.  and   economic    maps   illustra 

resources  ami  da  one  «»f  tin-  la:  ipon  ^  •• 

eCOn  and  palconi.  Annual  K'epoi  f  . 

of  tl.  '    Sm\e\    >liall   aceonipaiiN    tin-  Animal    Peport    of  the 

Seen  lai  \   n|  ilic  Inifi 

All  Npi-rial  mm  art*  MI'  -aid  >ni  \  .-\  >hall  be  issued  in  nni 

farm  quarto  aerta  ir  dn-im-d  n<-r(^>ary  i»\  tin-  \>  'tlicrwise 

in  urdmai-N  ncla\ 

'MINT  thousand  r».|  J]  !•«•  pul»li>lM-<i  tm  ••  ex- 

chanur.s  and  tor  >al«-  ai    I  In-  prir«-  of  pnldicat  imi  :   and   all   lib 

r,n  tOgrapbic  matrria:  iall  IM-  tin-  p.  t  tin- 

I  'niird  stairs,  and  inrm  a  part  of  t  IK-  Library  of  the  organization.  —  A 
Mai-.-i,  ::.  1879,  vol  20,  Btatatefl  at  Lai  04, 

;  i:.—  Tlir  Annual    IN-ports  <»t'  lln-    I  >:: 

vey  tonn  :\  part  <»f  the  docunicnt  s  arrumpaiiN  in-  the  Annual  Itrpn: 
tin-   Secretary   «>!'  the  lnten«>r.  and   ai'e.  il:  .1   in   th- 

eenti\«-  duenmen!>  printed  tor  di>trilmtinn  1»\  < 
memoirs  and  reports  of  the  Survey,  no  eopies  are  pi  in1' 

l.ntion,  rxeept  ti  i  ft  er  pnl>li>hed.  t  lie  n-nal  nn  • 

>,  will  l>e  issued  tor  di-'.nbiition  as  now  provided  1>\   ! 

-:  i:ci«  M.  ii  ;  01     i  in.  i;i:i' 


the    purpose   of  preparing  1<>1    pulilieation,  nmler  tin- 
direetion  of  the  Seeivtarv  of  \Var.  and   of   printing  at  the  •  -aent 

Printing.  Office  5,000  OOpiefl  of  tin;  first  volume  of  the  .Medical  and 
gieal  History  of  the  Ilehellion,  compiled  l»y  the  Surgeon-  den.  ial  : 
for  the  pMrj)ose  of  prepai  inu  for  pnblieation.  under  the  direction  of  the 

\\ar.and   of  pi  hit  inn  at    the  (  iovernmeni    1'rinti: 
5,000  OOpiea  Of  the  Medical  StatiMics  of  the  Provo>t  -Mar>hal  ' 

.in,  compiled  and  to  be  completed  l>y  s  J.H.  Baxter,  $60,000  : 

.   That  the  editions  of  hoth  pablioationfl   thus  ordered  shall  !>•• 
di>j»os.  d  ol  as  ('.)  *      *      *   .  —  Act  of  .Inly 

•js.  ism;,  vol.  1  1.  Stan 

i 

I  hat    tlicre  he    printi-d    at    the 

(  io\  .-111111.  -nt   Printiiu  f  the  iir-i  }>  \\  t  0 

and  S  of  the  KYhellion.  compih-d   l>\    I 

eral  under  the  di;  the  Secret.!  ,r.  and  5,(  \t  the 

Medical  Stat  ;  md  to  be 

completed  1>\  m  .1.  11.  P»a\ter,  as  authori/ed   by   ;M. 

I  ah   L'>,  lS«i(l.  which   aNo    provi<h-s   th 

i>otii  jmMieations  thus  ordered  shall  Ins  disposed  of  as  Gongren 

heieafier  direct.  —  .Joint   Resolution.  March    :;.  1^«I!».  voL  15,  Statutes  at 
.  p.  .517. 
H.  Mis.  1L>  -  4 


50     PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENT*. 

Resolved  by  the  House  of  Reprctentat ir«r,  the  Senate  concurring,  That  of 
the  5,000  copies  of  the  Medical  and  Surgical  History  of  the  War,  author- 
ized to  be  printed  by  joint  resolution  of  Congress  approved  March  3, 
1809,  2,000  copies  Khali  be  for  the  use  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
1,000  lor  the  Senate,  and  2,000  for  distribution  by  the  Burgeon-General 
of  the  Army.— Con.  Res.,  May  27,  1872. 

Be  it  enacted,  A'c.f  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is  hereby, 
directed  to  have  completed  the  Medical  and  Surgical  History  of  the  War 
by  the  preparation  in  the  office  of  the  Surgeon-General  of  two  volumes, 
of  1,MM)  pages,  in  addition  to  the  first  volume  already  compiled  and 
printed  under  authority  of  Congress.  •  •  • 

Si;<  .  2.  That  5,000  copies  each  of  the  second  ami  third  volumes  be 
printed  and  bound  by  the  Congressional  Printer,  to  be  distributed  with 


the  first  volume  already  printed,  as  may  l»«-  hereafter  directed  l>v  Con 
gress. — Act  of  June  8, 1872,  vol.  17,  Stain 


statutes  at  I^argc,  p.  :*88. 


•  •      •      And  the  Congressional  1'rinter  is  hereby  authorized  to 
print  and  bind  5,000  additional  copies  of  the  Medical  and  Surgical  His- 
tory of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  ;  1,000  of  which  shall  lie  for  the  use  of 
the  Senate,  3,000  for  the  use  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  1,000 
for  distribution  by  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Army.      •     •     •     . — 
Act  of  March  3,  1875,  vol.  18,  Statutes  at  I>arge,  p.  31)1. 

NOTE.— Of  this  work  10,000  copies  are  printed.  Vols.  1  and  2  of  pU. 
1  and  2  have  been  issued.  Vols.  1  and  2  of  pt.3  remain  to  he  published. 

CATALOGUE  OF   THE   LIHIIAKY   OF    Jill.   SfKUKON  (iENEUAL'S  OFFICE. 

•  •     •     For  printing  and  binding  the  first  and  second  volumes  of 
Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Surgeon-General's  OftVe.  $20,000;  to  be 
immediately  available.      •      •      •      . — Act  of  March  :i,  1879,  vol.  20, 
Statutes  at*  Large,  p.  :i!H>. 

•  •     •     For  printing  and  binding  the  third  volume  of  the  Catalogue 
of  the  Library  of  th<»  Surgeon  General's  Office,  fiO.OOO.     •     •      •     .— 
Act  of  March  3,  1881,  vol.  21,  Statutes  at  Large,  p.  447. 

NOTE. — One  thousand  ttve  hundred  copies  of  this  work  are  printed 
for  distribution  by  the  Surgeon  -General.  Vols.  1.  2,  ami  3  have  already 
been  issued. 

AMKUH  AN    EPIIEMEKLS   AND   NAUTICAL   ALMANAC. 

Retolrcd  by  the  Senate  and  Jfonteof  Rcpte*cntatire*oftke  United  State* 
of  America  in  Congre**  a**c9nbled.  That  there  shall  lie  printed  annually 
at  the  Government  Printing  Office  1,500  copies  of  the  American  Kphem- 
eris  and  Nautical  Almanac,  and  of  the  pajH'rs  supplementary  thereto,  of 
which  one  hundred  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  Senate,  four  hundred  for 
the  House  of  Representatives,  and  one  thousand  for  the  use  of  the  public 
service,  to  be  distributed  by  the  Navy  Department. 

SEC.  2.  That  additional  copies  of  the  Ephemeris  and  of  the  Nautical 
Almanac  extracted  therefrom  may  be  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Navy  for  sale :  Prorided,  That  all  moneys  received  from  such  side  shall 
be  deposited  in  the  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  appropriation  for  public 
printing. — .Joint  Resolution,  February  11, 1880,  vol.  21.  Statutes  at  Large, 
p.  301. 


ITI:U<  rBIBUTION    OF    RUBLE     DOCUMENT- 

&BFOR1 

..I'  til'  '   on   fin-     \  I'jodllet 

111  Hi.   i  be  in  mi.  tin-  use 

"I    fol      th- 
III.'     'I'M',! 

:  \n:i:«  i 

l'o;    print  in;:  ami  distributing   t  he  puMir.it  ,.,n^.  v,   the  06 
partmeii!  ii>nlai   and    other   OODIUK 

cludr  M!;II     letters     r"   « •li:nnl>.-i>    of    commeire.    $20,000. —  A 

,ini\    i.   i^s>_'.     Pamphlet   Laws,  flrsi  session  ;  -       Teas, 

P.  135, 


BCtlUg  agricultural   M  at  i>t  ic>,  including  Mat  i.-' 
the  production,  home   consumption,  and    e\  portal  imi  <»t    n], 
and  hnttrrim1.  and  imitation   butter,  and  compiling   and  writin. 
for  nmnildv,  jiiinual.  and  sjH-rial  n-ports,  $80,000,  of  wliirh  sum  *I«' 
shall   b«'   iiniiirdiatrly   a\ailal»l«-.      Said    rrpnrts   shall    -i\<-   a    full    ll 
mrnt  inontiily.  ^h<»\\in^  tin-    t'n-ijjit    rhar^-s  for   th«-  dii«-f  a-rii-nltural 
prodm-t.N.  njtoii  tin-  prim-ipal  lim-s  «•!'  railroads  and   ri\<i   :  •   tin- 

principal   markets  in   the    I'nitrd  -Art  of  Mav  !'.»,  l*s*j.      I'am 

phh-t   \..i\\<.  lirst  N,.«^j,)i,  I'mtN  -.  -\cnth  Congress,  \*.  ' 


DS  "i     i  in:   WAI:  <>r  THI:    BBBB1  i  ti 

*  *  *  I  ••iial»]»-  tin-  S«Tiriar\  ot  \Var  to  be^in  the  pitl»lioatioii  <.| 
the  (  )!licial  liee..rd-  of  the  \\  ar  of  the  Kebellion,  lioth  of  th,-  Tnioii  and 
of  the  Confederate  Armies,  the  sum  of  $15,000.  And  the  Becretftl 

is  hereby  ed  to  have  oon|edibr  the  Public  Printer  all  i-eporta, 

letters,  tele^'i-amv.  and  general  orders   not  heretofore  enpicd  «>r  pn: 
and   prop.  <d    in  ehron<»lo-  ical   order.  —  Aet    «»f  .1 

\ol.  IS,  Statntes  at  Lar-e.  ]i.  i"JJ. 


*     *     *      I'oi    ...ntinninu    the   pi-eparation   of  the  imlilieat  inn  of  the 
Ollieial  Records  Of  the  War  Of  the  K'eltellion,  l»oth  of  the  I   nic.n  and  ' 
federal*-  Armie>.  and  for  the  printinu  and  hindiiiL:.  und»-r  the  . 
of  the  Secretary  «»f  \\  a:  .  of  lo.nno  mpies  «,f  a  compilation  of  tin-  <  Mlicial 

Reconis.  CJDioQ  and  Confederate,  of  the  War  of  the  i;ei»eiiion. 

the  samr  may  he  ready  for  puMirat  ion  during  th.- 

and  of  said    nninher  7.  nno   oopiefi   >hall   be    fi>I   theuseofthe    llouseof 

Kep]-<'sentatives,  !'.()()(>  copies  for  the  use  of  the  Senate,  and  1  ,o< 
for  the    use   of  the  e\e<-iiti\e   departments.  —  Act  of  June  !«'•. 

21,  stain  irge,  p. 


continning  the  publication  of  the  <  MVu-ial  l 

printinu  and  lundin^,  under  <lirection  OftJ  .irv  of  \\  i.oni) 

c-opif-  aipiiation    of  t  lie  (  )llicial   KrconU.   I    ninii  and  <  'o; 

of  the  \\  ar  ot  the  Kelu-llion.  j  j»ub- 

lication  duriii-  the  tis,-al  year.  ^.".•J.-'JOO. 

The  volume<  of  the  Otlicial  lleeurd^  ot  ;h,-  \\  .t:  ot  tiie  L'.  •'..•!!  ;on  >hall 


52     PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PL'BUC    DOCUMENT* 


:•  tluuiliiitcd  as  follow*:  1,004)  copies  to  the  executive  department*, 
as  now  pro\  ided  by  Jaw;  1,000  copies  for  distribution  by  the  Secretary 
of  War  union;;  officer*  of  the  Army  ami  contributors  to  the  work  ; 
s,;too  copies  shall  In-  sent  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  such  libraries, 
organizations,  and  individuals  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Senators, 
Representatives,  and  Delegates  of  the  Forty  seventh  Congress. 

Kaeh  Senator  shall  designate  not  exceeding  twenty-six,  and  each 
Representative  and  Delegate  not  exceeding  twenty-one,  of  such  ad- 
dresses, and  the  volumes  shall  be  sent  thereto  from  time  to  time  as 
they  are  published,  until  tint  publication  is  completed. 

Senators,  Representatives,  and  Delegates  shall  inform  the  Secretary 
of  War  in  each  case  how  many  volumes  of  those  heretofore  published 
they  have  forwarded  to  such  addresses. 

The  remaining  copies  of  the  11,000  to  be  published,  and  all  sets  that 
may  not  be  ordered  to  !>e  distributed  as  provided  herein,  shall  be  sold 
by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  cost  of  publication  with  10  per  cent,  added 
thereto,  and  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury. 
If  two  or  more  sets  of  said  volumes  are  ordered  to  the  same  address, 
the  Secretary  of  War  shall  inform  the  Senators,  Representatives,  or 
.Delegates  who  have  designated  t  In-  same,  who  thereupon  may  designate 
other  libraries,  organizations,  or  individuals.  Tlie  Secretary  of  War 
shall  report  to  the  first  session  of  the  Forty  -eighth  Congress  what  vol- 
umes of  the  series  heretofore  published  have  not  been  furnished  to  such 
libraries,  organizations,  and  individuals.  Ho  shall  also  inform  dis- 
tributees at  whose  instance  the  volumes  are  sent  —  Act  of  August  7, 
1881!.  Pamphlet  I*aws,  first  session  Forty  -seventh  Congress,  p.  320. 

NOTK.  —  It  is  estimated  that  this  work  will  embrace  ninety-six  vol- 
umes, of  which  six  have  already  been  issued.  Of  the  first  five  volumes, 
1  0,000  copies  each  wen*  printed.  The  edition  of  the  remaining  volumes 
will  comprise  1  1,000  copies.  The  aggregate  number  provided  for  in  the 
above  acts  amounts  to  l.o/ii.ooo  volumes.  If  to  this  be  added  the  00 
copies  ordered  for  the  Library  of  Congress  and  the  "usual  number"  of 
each  after  volume  (>,  the  total  will  amount  to  1,228,700  volumes. 

i:  1  :  !•••!:  I  >    OF   TIIK/TKXTH    CRN'Ht'S. 

/.''  it  •  mni"i.  dr.,  That  the  Kc|H»rt*  of  the  Tenth  Census  of  the 
United  States  l»e  punted,  and  that  lo.ooo  additional  copies  be  printed, 
of  which  ,;,ooo  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  Senate,  6,000  for  the  use  of 
the  House  of  Representatives,  and  1.000  for  the  use  of  the  Department 
of  the  Interior. 

That,  in  addition  to  the  above,  L'o.ooo  copies  of  the  Rei»ort  on  Popu 
lation  be  printed,  of  which  0,000  shall  l»e  for  the  use  of  the  Senate, 
1'J.ooo  for  the  use  of  the  House*  of  Representatives,  and  2,000  for  the 
use  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior. 

That  1*0,000  additional  copies  of  the  Ucpoi  i  on  Agriculture  IK*  printed, 
of  which  6,000  copies  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  Senate,  12,000  copies 
tor  the  use  of  the  House,  and  2.000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  Department 
of  the  Interior. 

That  10,000  additional  copies  of  the  Beport  on  Manufactures  and  Me- 
chanics be  printed,  of  which  3,000  copies  shall  In*  for  the  use  of  the 
Senate,  f»,000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and 
1  .000  copies  for  the  use  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior. 

Also,  that  li.oon  additional  copies  of  the  LVport  on  the  History  of 
the  National  I/oan  l»e  printed  for  the  use  of  the  Treasury  Department. 


Pi  I  DOCUHK 

A  l>o,  t  lint    I  ..Mill  addil  lOI 
be  printed  I'm-  tin- 

Afiii.  also,  that  the  <  oinpeiidium  of  tin-  I 

tdditional  copies  be 

:    tin-   us,-   o|    tin-   B 

for  tin- 

AIM!    Ill   ord-  >id    duplication   ill    tin-    d: 

,  ;MM!  i«»  leoare  complete  >ets  in  iiin 

l-.,    tin-  additional    enpii-x    ||e|,-|!i    .-id- 
the  Treaxiiry   Department   and   for  tin- 
I  In-  i  ton  i  >ii<-iit    m«  mix  ,.!'  tin-   I  >epa  I  I  iin-nt   of  the   In'. 
Off    ilit-    Interior  x|,;il|   dixt 

I  n  Bet  -  '"  each  of  xin-li  fifteen  lit-: 
lie  institutions  <»r  individuals  as  shall 

.-h   Scliatoi  .  ainl   toeaeh  nt '  xjirh  trli    ll'  ><1   ntln-r   j.lllilir 

t  ut  inn s  or  inilix  idnaU  M  >hall  In-  naiin-il  t«»  liim  I'm-  tliix  juirpoxr  |,y  each 
llrpn-si-ntatiN  <•    ami    I  )«•!«  'I    in  \nlnun-- 

9entative8,orsaob  ntin-r  parti.  'i  be  designated 

:inl   l>« -I.  ntil  the  i|imta  «•!'  i-arh  xh;ill   i- 

.    That  mir  00  "-h  volume  xhall. 

IMil»li<-  I'rint  i  ii'ansiuittr.l  t«»  each 

and  Dele-ate  in  <  lODfl  I'liat   <lu; 

xhall    not    In-   ^  nt    in   ;my  lilu-arv  or  indix  idual    on   th 
Senator  or  meml>er  ot'  the  lluiix.-  of  l:e|trexi-ntati\  e^  until  hot) 
and  niein'ier  xhall  he  notified  that   the\   ha\c  :iamed  the  xaine  ] 
individual:    .  1  ml  i>mr'nl«l    t'nrtlit  /•.    That    the    j»ait 
upon  tin-  older  of  a  meiuKei  of  ( ', ,  ;iall  he  informed  l«v  r  i 

;ary  ot'  the  Intel  ioi'  upon  \N  h" 

And  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  xhall  report  t"  • 

on   the  names  and  location-  ot'  the  li1.  ;id  other  ]>n 

llltiollx  drxjmiated   to  receive   thes.-   reports  under  the   ; 

hill. 

And  the  sum  ni  ach   tin- 

to  ilrfray  the  cost  of  the  al.o\  «•  naim-d  ]>rintini:  and  himlin_ 
xaiin-    ix    herel)\,  appropriated  out  <>f   any  moneyx    in   the     i 
otlirr\\ixe   appropi  iafed. — Ad  of  AM^UX;    7.   1882,   Pamphlet    I 
;on    I-'orty  seventh  Con-resx.  p.  ;;j|. 

•  imated  that    thex,-    L'.-j.oit-  will  romj 

TO  twenty  ijuarto  volunn-  •irliidiii- 

Compendium.  to  from 

I.  \M»   «'•  »XMISS1 

//.  wlVi  'i  /'/. 

:ditional  eop •- 

itied  Land  Laws  ami  Ih-toi  \  of •  the  Pablic  Domain  of  the  i 

eomj>iled   and    prepared    l»y  tin-  l'ui»li«-    Land  CommiSfi 

llonx,-  i:\ccuii\e  I  )iM-iim>-nt   No.  17.  with  all  suljsnpiei 

have  IM-I  n  pas.xed  1)\  Conuresx  prior  to  the  adjournment  of  tin-  present 

••II.  he  printed  and    hound,  under  t  he  din  the  Sen 

the  Inter  >  for  the 

the   House  of  LYprexriita-  ;ie  use  of  tin'  S<-«       • 

The  Interior:    /'/•'  .     I  hat  tin-.  n   the  use  of  the  S<  : 

the  House  of  Etepreaentativea  shall  to  d  i»\   the  Secretary  of 

;he  Interior  in  the  manner  provided  t  -ntion  «»f  th- 


54      PUBLICATION    AND   DISTRIBUTION   OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

of  the  Tenth  Census,  and  that  all  copies  not  ordered  to  be  distributed 
within  two  years  after  the  passage  of  thin  act  Khali  be  sold  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Interior  at  cost  of  publication,  with  teu  ]>er  centum  added 
thereto. — Joint  Resolution,  August  7, 1«82,  Pamphlet  Laws,  first  session 
Forty-seventh  Congress,  p.  303. 

ANALYTICAL  CATALOG  UK  OF   PUBLIC*   DOCUMENTS. 

Be  it  tnncted,  dr.,  That  there  be  prepared  and  published,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Joint  Committee  on  Printing,  a  classified,  analytical. 
Slid  descriptive  catalogue  of  all  publications  made  by  the  authority  of 
the  Government  of  the  United  States  and  the  preceding  government  of 
the  Colonies,  and  all  departments,  bureaus,  and  office.-  thereof,  from 
July  4,  1770,  to  March  4,  1881;  and  U|M>II  the  request  of  the  said  joint 
committee,  the  officers  of  the  Senate  and  llouse  of  Kepresentatives,  and 
the  heads  of  all  the  executive  department*  and  of  all  the  bureaus  and 
offices  thereof,  shall  furnish  to  said  joint  committee  all  such  information 
ami  assistance  in  reference  to  said  publications  a*  will  t.nilitate  or  assist 
in  the  completion  of  said  work;  and  the  sum  of  $10,000  is  hereby  appro- 
priated for  the  purfioses  of  this  act,  which  sum  may  IK-  expended  a* 
adilitimi.il  pay  or  compensation  to  any  officer  or  employe  of  the  I'nited 
States.— Act  of  July  'J7,  1882,  Pamphlet  I,aws,  1st  sess.  47th  Cong.,  p. 
17«. 

•    \i:i.    AND  DIMTKIBfTION   OK   1M  III. 1C  DOCUMENTS.   - 

The  Secretary  of  the  Interior  is  charged  with  receiving,  arranging, 
and  safe-keeping  for  distribution,  and  of  distributing  to  the  person*  en- 
titled by  law  to  receive  the  same  all  printed  journals  of  the  two  house* 
of  Congress,  and  all  other  l>ooks  and  documents  of  every  nature  what- 
ever, already  or  hereafter  directed  by  law  to  l»e  printed  or  purchased  for 
Die  use  of  the  government,  except  such  as  are  directed  to  be  printed  or 
purchased  for  the  particular  use  of  Congress,  or  of  either  house  thereof, 
or  for  the  particular  list*  of  the  Executive  or  of  any  of  the  departments, 
and  any  person  whose  duty  it  shall  be  by  law  to  deliver  any  of  the  same 
shall  deliver  them  at  the  rooms  assigned  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior 
therefor.— Sec.  407,  Revised  Statutes. 

Suitable  rooms  in  the  Department  of  the  Interior  shall  be  from  time 
to  time  assigned  by  the  Secretary  for  the  journal*.  Itooks.  and  docu- 
ments.—Sec.  500.  Revised  Statutes. 

The  Congressional  Printer  shall  deliver  to  the  Secretary  of  the  inte- 
rior, at  the  room  in  the  Interior  Department  set  apart  for  that  purpose, 
all  books  and  documents  directed  by  law  to  be  printed  for  the  use  of 
the.  government,  except  such  as  are  directed  to  be  printed  for  the  par- 
ticular use  of  Congress,  or  of  either  house  thereof,  or  of  the  President, 
or  of  any  of  the  departments. — Sec.  3813.  Revised  Statutes. 

A  register  of  all  publications  received  at  the  Department  of  the  Inte- 
rior for  safe-keeping  and  distribution  shall  l>e  kept,  under  the  direction 
of  the  Secretary,  showing  the  quantity  and  kind  at  any  time  received 
by  him;  and  he  shall  cause  to  be  entered  in  such  register,  at  the  proper 
time,  the  time  when,  the  place  where,  and  the  person  to  whom  any  of 
such  publications  have  been  distributed  or  delivered. — Sec.  41W,  Revised 
Statutes. 

The  publications  received  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  for  dis- 


PUBLICATION     IND    DI8TBI1  DOCUMENT.* 

tlibntion    .sli;ill    be    delivered    out    niil\    .MI   tin-    written   !•• 

!ie.id>  nt  '  dep  ,ui  menu,  Secretary  of  i  •  iseof 

KYpre-eiitati\e>,  l.ibrai  i.  in  nt  <  '.  digress,  ami  other  officers  and  i  •  rsonn 

who   arc    by   l;i\\    ;i  lit  hoi  i/ed    I  c   by  law 

the  B  tin-    Int.  .  \\  itliout    xnrli    i 

oe  to  be  sent  and  delivered;  ami  In  <  -m-ii  cases  it 

xhall  he  the  duty  of  the   -  I  li.-   I  lit  .!-.,,    tO  CAUMC  tin-  same  U) 

be    Kent     .ili<l     de|i\  ned.    tin-     eXpellHOS    tip  <  t»j,t    wlll'll    Otherwise 

ted,  to  i"  chfu  -'•«!  t«i  tii.-  contingent  i-nd  «•!  tii.-  .1. 
>(><».  I,Y\  toed  Btatnt 

Tin-  Dep&rttnenl  ot   .lu>tirc  >h;ill   In-  rhar-nl  \sith   tin-  distrib    ;i'»it  to 

the  \  jirinns  induf-  ;iinl  coin  t.sot'l 
pro\  Mini   1  iy  l;l\v.- 


'I'ln-  Sr.  Ol   tin-   In:  i  I-«|IIIITI|   fco  hinii>li  to  \\\- 

I'tnirnt  oi   .1  DIM  time  to  time.  |.iil»li>li. 

-nllicieiit    niimher  of  the  itfttotefl  ot'  the  I'niti  d  81 

of  the  Sii|neine  (  'oil  1  t   of  t  lie   I'  n  i  t  ei  1  >  '.y   him  distHbtlti 

Niieli  titlieers  of  the  courts  of  t  he  I"  nite.l  S 
it'tei    be  h      l;i\v  entitled   to  iveeive  tlli'in.  —  Si  .  d 


Tin-  eo|»n->  of   journals.    lnioU>.   .ind    jtiildie  dociiinent>,  \\ineli  are  OT 
may  he  ant  Imri/etl  to  l»c  di>trilmted  to  ineor|H,i  a.ed  l»odi.->.  Lnst 
ami  associations  \\itliin  tin-  Btatefl  and  Territoi  i.->.  >hall    i.  'ilted 

to  such  hodirv  as  shall  lie  d.-vio  nal).(j  t<,  the  S.  •  «»rby 

each  of  the   Senators  tVom   tin  '    State-  d    l»v  the 

It'eju-eseMtative  in   Ooi  roin   each   (  'on  i:  resxi,  .nal  di-  1   hy 

the  Delegate  tVom  eaeh  Territory. 

The  distribution  shall  he  made  in  >in-h  manner  that  the  quair 
trilmted  to  each  <  'on-resMoiial   district    and   Territory  >hall    be   equal, 
excejtt  that  \\  hrm-ver  the  numbei  «>|  ,  ,  aii\  publication  ix  insuffi- 

cient to  supply  theiewith  <>ne  institution,  upon  the  def  i  of  each 

member  of  the  Senate  and    House  ot'  KVpresentatix  ex.  the  cop 
disposal  of  the  Secretary  may  be  distributed  tosnch  incorporated  en]  leges, 
public  libraiies.  atlieiieiims.  literary  and   scieiitilie   institutions,  boards 
ot'  trade,  or   public    ftSSOOiationa   a-'  he    ma\   s.-leet  .—  Se.  .    .MM.    I,'.- 

Statute* 

The  selection  ot'  an  i  u.  xt  it  n  t  ion   to   receive   the  document-  d    to 

be  published  or  procured  at  the  tirM  xex>jnii  of  any  <'o!i-rc>s  .xhall  con- 
trol the  docunuMits  ot'  the  entire   <  it  ion   be 

made  before  any  distribution  'ion   first 

made, 

NYluMV   the   same  \v..jk    i>   ].rinted   b\  order  both   ot'  tin 
House  of  Representatives,  the  duplicates  maybe  B< 

tutions.  il   so  doired.  by   the   member  \vlio>e    ri-ht    it    i-    to  direct   the 
distribution:  and  the  public  documents  t<>  be  distributed  by  the  S- 
tar\   of  the  Interior  shall  be  >ent  to  the  institutio:.  signaled 

unless  he  shall  be  satisfied  that  any  Mich  institution  ifl  Dol 
able  dej"  f  the  same. 

Co;  :ial   journals  and   public  document-  ami 

tributed    to   institutions   on   the    .  of  membei-s  of  Ton  grew 

shall  be  sent  to  such   libi  1   institutions  only  a^  v] 

willin.irin-xs  to  |,a\  th-  li«-vised 

Stati 


56     PUBLICATION    AXU    DISTRIBUTION   OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

So  many  copies  of  the  public  journals  of  the  Senate  and  of  the  House 
of  Representatives  shall  be  transmitted  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior 
to  the  executives  of  the  several  States  and  Territories  as  shall  be  suffi- 
cient to  furnish  one  copy  to  each  executive,  one  copy  to  each  branch  of 
every  State  and  Territorial  legislature,  one  copy  to  each  university  and 
college  in  each  State,  and  one  copy  to  the  historical  society  incorporate! 
or  which  shall  be  incoqx>rated  in  each  State. 

Fifty  copies  of  the  documents  ordered  by  Congress  to  be  printed  shall 
be  used  for  the  purpose  of  exchange  in  foreign  countries:  the  residue 
of  the  copies  shall  be  depoisted  in  the  Library  of  the  United  States,  sub- 
ject to  the  future,  disposition  by  Congress. — Sec.  503,  Revised  Statutes. 

Whenever  there  are  in  the  custody  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior 
any  sets  of  the  documents  of  any  session  of  Congress  or  oilier  docu- 
ments or  odd  volumes  not  necessary  to  supply  deficiencies  or  losses  that 
may  happen  in  the  Library  of  Congress,  or  in  that  of  either  of  the  execu- 
tive departments,  or  in  State  or  Territorial  libraries,  the  Secretary  of 
the  Interior  shall  distribute  the  same  as  equally  as  practicable  to  the 
several  Senators,  Representatives,  and  Delegates  in  Congress,  for  dis- 
tribution to  public  libraries  and  other  literary  institutions  in  their  re- 
spective districts. — Sec.  505,  Revised  Statutes. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Interior  shall  make  annual  ivjKirts  to  Congress 
as  follows : 

•  •     •     A  rt'i>ort  showing  the  quantity  and  kind  of  the  copies  of 
public  journals,  books,  and  documents  which  have  been  received  by  him 
for  distribution  on  behalf  of  the  government,  and  showing  also  the  t inn* 
when,  the  place  where,  and  the  i>erson  to  whom  any  of  the  same  have 
been  distributed  and  delivered  during  the  preceding  year. — Sec.  445, 
Revised  Statutes. 

SUPERINTENDENT   OP   PUBLIC  DOCUMENTS. 

There  >li,ill  be  in  the  Department  of  the  Interior  a  superintendent  of 
public  documents,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Secretary,  and  shall 
be  entitled  toiv..i\,  .,  salary  of  $2,500  a  year. — Sec.  507,  Revised 
Statutes. 

•  •     •     So  much  of  section  507  of  the  Revised  Statutes  as  provides 
for  said  salary  is  hereby  repealed.— Act  of  June  19,  1878,  vol.  20,  Stat- 
utes at  Large,  p.  108. 

The  superintendent  of  public  documents  shall  be  charged,  subject  to 
the  general  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  with  the  duty  of 
collecting,  arranging,  preserving,  packing,  and  distributing  the  publica- 
tions received  at  the  Department  of  the  Interior  for  distribution,  and 
with  the  duty  of  compiling  and  supervising  the  Biennial  Register. — Sec. 
1508,  Revised  Statutes. 

POSTAL   LAWS   RELATING   TO  OFFICIAL   MAIL   MATTER. 

That  it  shall  U-  lawful  to  transmit  through  the  mail,  free  of  postage, 
any  letters,  packages,  or  other  matters  relating  exclusively  to  the  busi- 
ness of  the  (•overnnient  of  the  United  States:  Provided,  That  every 
surh  letter  or  package,  to  entitle  it  to  pass  free,  shall  bear  over  the 
words  "official  business*"  an  indorsement  showing  also  the  name  of  the 
department,  and,  if  from  a  bureau  or  ofhYe,  the  names  of  the  department 


PUBLIC  A  I  1'  > 

and  -  'lie  case  n  id  if 

• 

the  mail, 

meanor,  ami 

diction. 

That    I'm-   tin-   pun>< 
dill  \    «»t  each  of   t  i  I  'lilted  StAt* 

labordfoata  offlcef  tin-  necessar\ 

in   addition   to  the   indorsem.'  -nt    in  \\hirh 

thr\    air   In  be   ii^rd.   ||M.   priia;  >  srcnvelopes 

shall  be  stated  thereon. 

That  Senators.  Representatives,  and  I ». 

ietar\   of  the   Senal  e,  a  lid  MerK    of  t  he  Honse  Of  Re]>:  :V68  Uiay 

send    am!    receive   tliron^li    tin-   mail   all    ;  inte<l  by 

nrdn-  (,!'  Cot,  nil!    tin-    name   <»t'   each    S.-uatoj.    !:.-p;. 

Delegate.  Se<  Of    tlie    S-  :id    Ch-i,  ^hall    he 

written  therenn.  with  the  proper  d«-innat ion  of  the  oilier  he  holds  : 
the  pro\  ;  •  ion  -hall  aj»ply  to  each  of  ti  us  named 

therein,  unti!  the  \\\^\  day  of  1  )rerinlirr  l'ollo\\  inu  :h«-  • 
respecth  r  terms  <>f  oilier. 
Statutes  at   Lar-e.  p. 

*      *      "      Pritrnlcd  further.   That    tr<»m    and   ftft6T  th6  pattftg6  Of  this 

act  Beoatora,  lirprexemativrx.  and  1)<  Secretary 

of  tlie  Srnate.  and  Clri'k  of  the  Hoiiseof  Kepres. •..  !:iy  -cm: 

receive  throu-h  tin'  mail  free  all  puHic  <1 

(  (iimicsx;  and   the  name  of  each  Senator,  Representative,  Delegate, 
Secretary  of  the  S  ml  Clerk  of  the  House  shall  be  written  thereon 

with  the  proj.  , nation  of  tlie oHiee  he  holds;   and   the   provisions 

of  this  section  shall  apply  to  each  of  the   per>onx   named    i:errin.  until 
tlie  first  Monday  of  1  )rrend»er  followiim  I  lie  expiration  of  their  n-speet  - 

ive  terms  of  office.    *    *    *.— Act  of  Man-h  :'-.  1879,  vol.  20,  statutesat 
Largo,  p. 

The  provi>:on.>  of  the  fifth  and  .sixth  sections  <>i  -  ntitled  "An 

act  establish i  and   for  other  purposes/"  approval  .March 

3,  1877.  for   the   transmission  of  official   mail   matter,  l»e,  and   they  are 
hereby,  extended  to  all  officers  of  the  In  -•rninent,  and 

made   applicable   TO  all   ollicial    mail  matter   transmit!  .een  any 

of  the  oiliivrs  of  the   Tinted  .  or  between  any  Mich   Ol 

either  of  the  executive  departments  0  ••rnment,  the 

cn\  elopes  of  such  matter  in  all  cases  to  i.,  ndorseinent> 

containing  the  proper  designation  Of  tin'  '  :n  \\hich   the  sa: 

transmitted,  with  a  statement  of  the  penalty  fortheir  i  And  the 

l»rovi>ioi  1  fifth  and  sixth  sect  ions  are  hereby  like\\  tided 

and  made  applicable  to  all  official  mail   n.  :it  from  the  Smithso- 

nian Institution  :    Pro  lh.it    this  art    shall  not  extend  or  ajti' 

:  otfter  officers  who  receive  a  fixed  ai:  as  com- 

peiisation  for  their  services,  including  expcn^  s   fol  )"<»-;:i-e.— S, 
A<-t  of  March  :',.  1^7!>.  vol.  L'.I.  Btatat 


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PRINTING  AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF  PUBLIC  DOCUMENTS. 


I;  I  LI.    \M>   RESOLUTIONS. 


• 

IIH 

'/  by  the  8enat<  <t/i<l  II  /,'<///<  *• 

v  of  Ameri<-<i  in  Congress  anew  I' I" 

<:oell!lie!lN   111   the  seNeral    8tatCS    Jllld    Territories   of  tll6    Unit' 

diall  cmi>;-r    nt    tli-     S  -I   Territorial    lil  ne   libia 

Milii,  '..int.  tin-  library  of  the  Naval  Acaden 

Annapolis,  the  lii>  >n.  <  >hio,  Au- 

i.  Maim-,  Milwaukee.  \Vi>eun>in.  Hampton.  Virginia.  an«l  Knights- 
•i»\vu  Sp,  niMoun,  Indiana,  ami  other  libraiies  in  each 

equal  in    nnmbe  number  <»t'  S»-natnr>  an«i 

tin-  saiiH'  in  tin-  present  Coii^ri->^.  and  our  adilitinnal  library  in  each 
;<>r\  :   ami  IP-I va t'tt  i -any  incrrax-  in  tin-  niunhcr  oi 

an\  statr  -hall  entitle  such  State  to  a  corresponding  in 

•  .•_'.  That  i nst i tu tinns ni UT designated aadepoeitoriesoi  pub 

9  ^liall  l)r  rlltith'"!  tn  K'criv  <•  Midi  dncll  inclit  s  >u  lu|j^  ;i>  ill  i 

of  the  &  Q  terior' they  continue  prop^  iesof 

tme:    /'/                                   -  ''ptinu   capital  <-itit-s.  nnly  01 
-hall  he  loca(<Ml  in  any  t<>v.  n  01-  city  containing  l«-^s  tlian  lou.unn  in] 
-.ami  that  iminsi  ii  ntioii  -ha  1 11  ><•  place.  I  ii] t  he  li>t  until  it  i 

assurance  to  the  &  r  of  the  Interior  that  it  \\illj-  dooa- 

entfl  M  a  permanent  portion  of  its  lihrar; 

•  •tidal  pul>lic,  ami  that  it  will,  dm  in.u  the  month  of.lannai 

.  report  to  the  Sccretai-v  of  the  Interim-  the  number  of  \nluni' 
ita  lil»rar\   ami  the  number  ol   document  >  received  nmh-r  tl 
of  tlii<  act  >ti!l   in  itfl  possession:   ami   the  requirements  of  tln^ 
.lie  hereb\    n  vcablctoall    inst  it  lit  ioii>  herd  ..i-  ,-d  as 

of  public  documents:  /'/••  /'//-/.   That  heieatterno 

nstitntion  .shall  be  ]>hiced  upon  the  list  whose  library  «!<•«>  m>t  • 

lionsan.l   voliim.  district  \\onld   br  ot her\\  ise  un- 

iupplied. 

That  rl;  -n  of  tli-poxi;.  public  tloriii!i.-nt>  in 

•  aal  «liM  rids,  ami  Territories  .still  entitled 

to  such  ilepn>itnrie<   vhall  b<-  made   by  Senators,  h'rp  .  and 

»ele_  e  in  the  |»iv>cii;   Oo  ided.  That  if  not 

:hns  mad.  ;he  termination  ot'  the  sann-   the  Secretary  of  the  III- 

:ei'i<>r  i-  In-n-liy  an!  !io>  i/.-d  to  make  the  designation,  and  1, 
anthori/ed  to  A<  ^\\c\\  additional  depositories 

•  T  l>e  entitled  to  in  virtue  of  increased  representation. 

.    I.    That     the    lil  the     K\ee!lli\e     Mali-inn,   the     I.ibr.i 

(  On.m-ess.  the    library  of   the    Tinted    S  the 

louse  of  Kei  jj  the  library  ot'  each  of  tin-  e\ecdti\ 

tS,  the  llbrar  Supreme  r.mrt.  the   libiary  ot'  the    < 

(  '.lims.  the   libr:"  -     Patent    <  MhYe.  the  lilmin    of   the    - 


62     PUBLICATION   AND   DISTRIBUTION   OF   PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

General's  Office,  and  the  library  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution  are 
hereby  constituted  depositories  of  public  documents  in  the  city  of  Wash- 
ington. 

BBC.  5.  That  the  Public  Printer  shall  deliver  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Interior  such  number  of  copies  of  each  and  every  document  printed  at 
the  Government  Printing  Office  as  will  enable  that  officer  to  supply  one 
copy  to  each  depository  of  public  documents;  and  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  to  transmit  said  documents  to 
their  destination  as  soon  as  practicable  after  they  are  received. 

SRC.  6.  That  of  the  Journals  of  Congress,  the  annual  reportsof  the  seve- 
ral executive  departments  and  offices  of  the  government,  and  of  publica- 
tions of  a  scientific  character  printed  at  the  Government  Printing  Office, 
there  shall  be  delivered  by  the  Public  Printer  to  the  Department  of  the 
Interior  one  thousand  copies  each,  from  which  number  the  Secretary  of 
the  Interior  shall  transmit  one  copy  to  each  of  such  two  university,  col- 
lege, or  public  libraries,  not  depositories  of  public  documents,  as  may 
l>e  named  for  this  purpose  by  each  Senator,  Representative,  and  !>••!•• 
gate  in  Congress :  Frocided,  That  said  libraries  shall  contain  not  less 
than  five  thousand  volumes  each,  nnlessa  large  district  would  be  other- 
wise unsupplied ;  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  is  hereby  authorized 
to  sell  the  remaining  copies  of  said  documents  at  cost. 

SEC.  7.  That  of  the  Journals  of  Congress  and  the  annual  reiiorts  of  the 
several  executive  departments  and  offices  of  the  government  there  shall 
be  printed,  in  addition  to  the  usual  number,  two  thousand  copies,  six 
hundred  of  which  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  Senate,  and  one  thousand 
four  hundred  for  the  use  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

SEC.  8.  That  of  the  abridgment  of  messages  and  documents,  there 
shall  l »••  printed  five  thousand  copies,  two  thousand  for  the  use  of  the 
Senate,  and  three  thousand  for  the  use  of  the  House  of  Representative*. 

SEC.  9.  That  of  the  "  usual  number*'  of  documents  printed  by  order  of 
Congress,  one  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty -five  (1,365)  copies  each 
>h:ill  lx»  reserved  for  binding,  and  when  bound  shall  be  delivered  by 
the  Public  Printer,  as  follows:  To  the  Senate  document-room,  oue  hun- 
dred and  fifty  copies;  to  the  Senate  library,  ten  copies;  to  the  Bouse 
document-room,  six  hundred  and  fifty  copies;  to  the  House  library,  fif- 
teen copies;  to  the  Library  of  Congress,  fifty-two  copies;  to  the  library 
of  each  of  the  executive  department.*,  one  copy;  to  the  Department 
of  the  Interior,  for  depositories  of  public  document*,  four  hundred  and 
eighty  copies. 

Of  the  remainder  of  the  "  usual  mini  her,"  such  documents  as  form  each 
an  entire  volume  shall  be  bound  in  cloth;  unless  in  t  lie  case  of  any  vol- 
ume Congress  shall  otherwise  and  specifically  direct:  and  all  others 
left  unbound,  and  they  shall  be  delivered  as  follows:  To  the  document - 
room  of  the  Semite,  of  Senate  documents  and  reports,  one  hundred  and 
sixty  copies;  and  of  House  documents  and  reports,  eighty-five  copies; 
to  the  document-room  of  the  House,  of  Senate  documents  and  reports, 
three  hundred  and  twenty -five  copies;  and  of  House  documents  and 
reports,  four  hundred  copies;  to  the  Department  of  State,  for  transmis- 
sion to  the  legations  in  this  capital  of  foreign  governments,  and  to  the 
legations  and  consulates  of  the  United  States  abroad,  thirty-six  copies 
of  Senate  documents  and  rci>orts,  and  thirty-six  copies  of  House  docu- 
ments and  reports;  to  the  Executive  Mansion,  to  each  of  the  executive 
departments,  to  the  Library  of  Congress,  to  the  Smithsonian  Institution, 
to  the  office  of  the  Public  Printer,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  and 
to  the  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  one  copy  of  each. 


PU1 


m.  That  the  PoBt-Offic.     •  «-,l   n,.  I  directed 

•<>  MaiiMnit  free  through  the  mail  tin-  document  whooe  dfetribntiofi  i- 

authorized  i.y  tliis  act 

SEC.  11.  That  tin-  Secretary  Con- 

iteopeu  oftbeaei                   ones 

of   public  B    publications    of    the    'J  •  i\  «•!  II  IIHM 

der  tin-  p 

'i  tea. 

.Hid  all  othei  in  OOnflfj 

'hN  act  a  IT  hereby  repealed. 


Senate  and  House  of  li<  pr<  u  »t  tin  I '//  '<i>  >l  6 

'  ••/,,//•/ \.v   0  /.   That    tin-  Public  I'rin'- 

anthori/.ed  and  directed  to  d<  li\  <T  to  tlir  dormm-nt-rooms  of  tli- 
unMit  of  the  Interior,  in  hound  form,  tin-  volumes  of  tin-  <  'onuiTssioiuil 
(ilobr  jtiirchascd  from  .Messrs.  liivrs, and  such  other  \  ol nines ,.f  t  In-  (ilolx- 
and  Record,  juioi  to  the  I-'orty  sc\  cut  li  ( 'oii^ress,  as  anj  in  liis  <-harge; 
and  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  is  hereby  aiithoii/ed  and  directed, 
from  said  volume*,  to  >ii|»i»ly,  as  far  M  |»raetieal»le.  existini:  di-tieiciicies 
in  the  sets  of  tlie^e  documents  in  the  following  li  .  in  the  n 

named: 

First.   Tlie  lihrary  of  rhe  K\eciiti\e    Mansion,  flu-   lil.iai\   of  each  of 
tlie  executive   dejiartments  of  the  government,  the   library  of  th« 
preme  Court,  and  the  librarx  of  tlie  ( 'onrt  of  Claim-. 

.-ondly.   The  State  and  Territorial  libraries  of  tin-  Cmt.-d  State*. 

Thirdly.   Such   other  libraries  in   the  I'nitrd  iin  more 

Than  live  thousand  volumes  each. 

BSC.  2,  That  the   S«-eietar\  ot'  the   Interior  >liall   re|»ort  to  ( 'oii^rew 
tlie  liluario  to  which   these  docuiiien  n  uanh-d  and  the  nir 

ot  volmm-s  delivered  to  each. 

That.  iM'uinninir  with  th-  nth  Con.i:i-e».  the  Publie 

Printer  shall  deliver  to  th  :ii'\  of  the  Interior  tour  hiindr.Ml  and 

sevei  ;i    bound    OOD  tie  OODgrenaioIia]   L'.-.-ord.  \\hich   shall 

be  distributed  by  the  Seeretai'V  of  the  Interior  as  follows:  To  the 
library  of  the  Kxeeut  i\  e  Mansion,  one  eopy  ;  to  the  Lihrary  of  Congress, 
four  eoj.ies:  to  the  libra:  .-hot'  the  executiv,-  depart  rneiits.  t  In- 

lihrary  of  the  Supreme  Toiut,  and  the  library  of  the  Court  of  Claim>. 
one  COJ.N   eadbj    bO  each    Statr   and  Territorial  library,  one  cop\  :   to  the 
dejiosihu  i<-s  of  jmblic  documents  in  tin     several   States  and  T. 
of  the   Cnited   S  .-  copy  eaeh :   to   the  library  «»f  the   Militars 

Academy  at    \\'e>i    I'oint.   the    library  of  the    Naval  Academy  at    An 
napolis.  the  library  ot'  the  Soldiers'  Homes  ;n    Dayton,  O 
Me..  Milwaukee.  \\  is..  Hampton,  Va.,  and    Kni^htstown   Springs,  uear 
Km^htstown,  hid..  OIK-  eop\  each:   and  all  la 

ply  of  thi>  document  to  the  above  name. 1  lib  "rtie«- 

BBcer  of' the  government  are  herei-  :--d. 


64     PUBLICATION   AND    DISTRIBUTION*    OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  providing  for  the  preparation  and  distribution  of  pamphlet 
laws  and  Statute*  at 


Retolved.by  the  Senate  and  HouMeof  RepreteHtatirfxofthf  United  State* 
of  America  in  Congre**  a**cmbled,  That  the  Secretary  of  State*  in  here- 
by charged  with  the  duty  of  causing  the  statutes  of  the  United  States 
passed  at  each  session  of  Congress,  together  with  recent  treaties,  i>ostal 
conventions,  and  Executive  proclamations,  to  be  edited  and  prepared 
for  publication  and  distribution. 

SBC.  2.  That  the  Public  Printer  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable,  after 
the  close  of  each  session  of  Congress,  deliver  of  the  laws  of  such  session, 
published  in  pamphlet  form,  as  follows:  To  the  document-rooms  of  the 
Senate,  for  the  use  of  the  Senate,  two  hundred  and  fifty  copies  :  to  the 
document-room  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  for  the  use  of  the 
House,  seven  hundred  and  fifty  copies:  to  the  document-rooms  of  the 
Department  of  the  Interior,  so  many  copies  as  will  enable  the  Secretary 
of  the  Interior  to  distribute,  upon  the  designation  of  each  Senator. 
twenty  copies,  and  of  each  Representative  and  Delegate,  fifteen  copies, 
for  the  use  of  institutions,  courts,  or  individuals  within  their  re*|»ective 
States  and  districts. 

SEC.  :\.  That  the  Public  Printer  shall  deliver  to  the  document-room! 
of  the  Department  of  the  Interior  sixteen  hundred  and  fifty  copies  of 
the  pamphlet  lawn  of  each  session  of  Congress,  of  which  the  Secretary 
of  the  Interior  shall  deliver  as  follows:  To  the  President,  two  copies; 
to  the  Vice-President,  one  copy  ;  to  the  library  of  the  Senate,  for  the  use 
of  the  Senate,  fifty  copies;  to  the  library  of  the  House,  for  the  use  of 
t  he  I  louse,  fifty  copies  ;  to  the  Library  of  (  'ongrcss,  fourteen  copies  :  to  the 
Department  of  State,  including  those  for  the  use  of  legations  and  coii- 
sulatfs,  three  hundred  and  eighty-five  copies;  to  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment. including  those  for  the  use  of  the  officers  of  customs,  two  hun- 
dred copies;  to  the  War  Department,  fifty  copies;  to  the  Navy  Depart- 
ment, forty  copies;  to  the  Department  of  the  Interior,  including  those 
for  the  use  of  the  surveyors-general  and  registers  and  receivers  of  pub- 
lic lands,  two  hundred  and  fifty  copies;  to  the  Pout  -Office  Department. 
forty  copies;  to  the  Department  of  Justice,  ineliiding  th<»se  for  the  use 
of  the  chief  and  associate  justices,  the  judges  and  officers  of  the  United 
States  and  Territorial  courts,  four  hundred  copies;  to  the  Department 
of  Agriculture,  two  copies;  to  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  one  copy  ; 
to  the  Public  Printing  Office,  one  copy:  to  each  State  and  Territorial 
library,  one  copy. 

SHO.  4.  That  as  soon  us  practicable  after  the  close  of  each  Congress, 
the  Public  Printer  shall  deliver  to  the  document-rooms  of  the  Department 
of  the  Interior  twenty-eight  hundred  copies  of  the  Statutes  at  Large  of 
the  United  States  for  such  Congress,  bound  in  sheep,  which  shall  be 
distributed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  as  follows:  -To  the  Presi- 
dent, two  copies,  one  of  which  shall  IN*  for  the  library  of  the  Executive- 
Mansion:  to  the  Vice-President,  one  copy;  to  each  Senator,  Representa- 
tive, and  Delegate  in  Congress,  one  copy;  to  the  librarian  of  the  Sen- 
ate, for  the  use  of  the  Senate,  seventy-five  copies;  to  Uie  librarian  of 
the  House,  for  the  usc,of  the  House,  two  hundred  and  fifty  copies;  to 
the  Library  of  Congress,  fourteen  copies:  to  the  Department  of  State, 
including  those  for  the  uae  of  legations  and  consulates,  three  hun- 
dred and  eighty-five  copies;  to  the  Treasury  Department,  including 
those  for  the  use  of  the  officers  of  customs,  two  hundred  and  sixty  cop- 
ies; to  the  War  Department,  fifty  copies;  to  the  library  of  the  Military 
Academy  at  West  Point,  one  copy:  to  the  Navy  Department.  forty  cop 


PUBUOA1  10  LJC    IKM  -.   65 

U)  tin-   lihi;u  v  "I   ih.-  Q  i|,, 

I  >r|.ai  t  M.rnl    n|     I  hr     Illtrl  in|  .    llirlndlli 

genera]  .nni 

and    litt\    CO]  -    tin- 

I  >r|..n  1  I;   | 

II     hlindx  ••lilt 

in     Instiiul  :••  I'uli 

In-  I' i-ii' 1 1 ML:  <  ' 

i,-|,ns||M|\     ,,t      |,|l 

\  ml  tin-  S< 

Ml]»|»l\    n  ..III    iif    till*     IIMIIllM-l      |>ln\  idrd     |i. 

<l    |>.ilii|.hlr;  ill    i|| 

shrr|»,  at    the    I'nhlir   I'l  in 

IrtaiA     n|      till-    Illtrllnl  .    \\  In,    -hall     >r||     tlirln    ;il      |r| 
nil   r.ist      |,|  irr   In  aii\  |i|»l\  IHU    l"l      thr 

anan:_'rllirlll     \\Jtll    I  >nnk  srl  |r|  -    In    krr|,   nil    -air    |  IM  III]  >ll  )•• ' 

ntrs   ;ii    |  i!    in    aii\    >nrh  ari  aii-rnn-iii     n     tibftll 

thr    xiilnr    In-    xn|<|    at     thr    ^n\  rrniiH-lit     pllrc    In    all    |»ii:  -j    tin* 

-    !.ll\    llia\    alln\\    In   ail\    -llrh    |M-|-n||    krr|.H|-    thr    |  HI  III  |  »ll  !••  I 

statntr.N  ai  Large  t«»i   sale  -m-ii  pait  <»i  thr  trn  |.n  oeiin  •    thr 

actual  r«»t  a>    hr   ina\   ilrrm   jn-t  ami  '>!<•:  ami    thr    prOOee 

all  salrx  shall  !•<•  paid  <|iiartrrl\   intn  ii  ir\. 

BEG.  6.    That   thr-aid  pamphlet  COpl68  Of  the  -inn.  ami 

thr  said   hound  mpir>  nt'  th«-  aotB  Ol    •  iiall  IN*  legal 

driirr  nf  thr    la\\>  and    Heat  K  •>   thnrili   mntailird    III   all    tlir  rn|||t>  nl    thr 
I'nitrd  Statr>  and  nl   th<  tefl  I  hrrrin. 

Si:<  .  7.   'I'hat   t  hr  |»n\\ «  i  -  rnn  in  i  rd  and  t  hr  dnt  i«->  mjuinrd  mi  tin 

rrlan    n\     Statr   l»\    thr    art    nlCnn  .|.|n\rd     tiir    t  \\riitirth     d 

Jane,  eighteen    hnndrrd  and    >r\rni\    Inin .  nit  it  h-d    "An  art   |. 

Inr    piihliratinn    nt    thr    |;r\i>rd    Si;iiutr>    and    thf    la\\>   ni.iln 

States,79  iC    frlatmn    In    Ihr    rn>tnd\  ,  diMi •iliutinii.  and 

K'r\  isrd  Statutes  thr  Sr»mn   l.a\\s.  ,n,d  thr  > 

thr  game  are  ln-rrl»\.  tiaii>lriird    in  n  tarj  <»t    thr  Intrrim.  uhn 

shall.  IVoiii  and  attri    thr  | 

disrh;u,i:r  thr   diitirs    in  rrlatinn    in  NIH-JI  riiMnd\.  d  i>t  i  ihul  mn.  and   .sale 

ill    l»U!>lialirr  «.|    thr    |»in\  JNiMiix   and    III  arrnidaiirr  \\  Ith    thr    I  r<  1 1  i  I  Ir  Flir  Ii  I  - 

id  art   nt    thr  t  \\rlltirth  nf  .III  IP  r||    lilllidl<  <|  and  Sr\  r|lt\ 

>l.«  .  5,    That   ll  .ilr  shall.  ii|>nn  thr  ivi|ir  thr 

[ar\   nt    th«      Intriim.  dr!  the 

Iv'rvisrd    S|;ili|lr>  nl'    I  hr    I    nil-  J   and    nl     thr    L'.-\ 

latinu  !<•  thr  histiirt  nl    (  <>  1 1 1 1 1 1 1  >i  ,i ,  piililir  .  and   |ins|  mads,  and 

all    r.  mn   La\\>   <.|    (JOl  'i«l  thr  Statntrs  at    Large 

irlii.iinin-    in    his   nllirr   In)    t  Ilr    |UII|msf  n|    d  i  >t  1  I  l»ll  t  loll  nl     «.;,!,.   at    tiir 
irll    rr<|iiis||jnn    I  iv   111  "t     thr    I 


i«  >1N  i    fcUiSOLUTlON  providing  foi  :  l»tii.h«-  il«M-iiin> 

Resolved  by  the  Senftt*  «,»,!  // 

"/.    That   thr   I'lihlir    I'rilit.-l    shall   Niiluiiit 
InthrSr.  .,  t    t  Ilr    I  II  t  r  rjnl  .  n||    t  Ilr    ll  1  -  'Iliolltll.  MM'h 

\\orks  as  ha\c  INM-II  dcli\nrd    to  him  to  In-  printed  dnrinu  thr  jur 
inontli:  and  In-  shall  also.  ..n  tin-  In  si  ni  rarh  ,nnnt  h.  MI  I  unit   t"  tin-  Sec- 


66     PUBLICATION    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PUBLIC    DOCUMENTS. 

ivt.ii  \  of  the  Interior  a  lint  of  Kiich  works  as  have  been  printed  at  the 
Government  Printing  Office  during  the  previous  month,  giving  in  mpeet 
to  each  the  title,  the  number  of  pages,  the  cost  per  copy,  and  the  officer 
or  the  office  of  the  government  for  whose  use  it  is  printed;  and  the  Secre- 
tary ot  the  Interior  is  hereby  authorized  to  sell  an>  public  document,  of 
which  the  edition  is  not  exhausted,  at  the  cost  of  the  same. 

SEC.  2.  That  whenever  application  is  made  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Interior  for  the  purchase  of  a  public  document  not  in  bis  charge,  he 
shall  make  requisition  for  the  same  on  the  officer  or  office  for  whose  use 
it  has  been  printed,  and  said  officer  or  office  is  hereby  directed  to  supply 
the  same,  provided  any  copies  remain  not  required  for  strictly  official 
use. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  Public  Printer  is  hereby  directed  to  deliver  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Interior  any  and  all  documents  now  in  his  hands  which 
have  been  ordered  for  sale  by  him.  the  said  Public  Printer,  and  all 
documents  hereafter  printed  which  have  Iteen  or  shall  be  ordered  for 
sale  by  the  government. 

SEC.  4.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  shall  require  the  superin- 
tendent  of  documents  of  his  department  to  give  bonds  in  such  sum  as 
he  may  determine. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  proceeds  of  all  stiles  of  document*  shall  lie  turned 
into  the  Treasury,  and  a  detailed  report  be  made  annually  to  Congrats 
of  documents  sol»|  ;m«l  tin*  amount  received  for  the  same. 


